This is a step-by-step guide to critical analysis of a paper. Critical reading goes beyond simply reading for information. It involves evaluating information in such a way that asking questions becomes more important than simply learning facts.

This is a step-by-step guide to close reading of a literary text. Critical reading goes a step beyond reading for information: it involves evaluating the information rather than simply absorbing it. When reading critically, it is more important to ask questions than to learn facts.