READING CRITICALLY This handout is available in an alternative format on request.
Critical reading is a more ACTIVE way of reading. It is a deeper and more complex engagement with a text.
Critical reading is a process of analyzing, interpreting and, sometimes, evaluating. When we read
critically, we use our critical thinking skills to QUESTION both the text and our own reading of it. Different
disciplines may have distinctive modes of critical reading (scientific, philosophical, literary, etc).