Critical Response to Sources Paper:
Take Home Test The application of critical thinking skills allows individuals to make rational connection concerning different perspectives, evaluate arguments and discern discrepancies in reasoning. Thus, it is imperative to think critically to initiate the process of full personal development. In the articles; Shaw (2016), Boyne (2009) and Sofo et al (2010), each author reveal the relativism of critical thinking in each subject matter they addressed and how it impacted the primary group of their concern. As a reader it allowed me to reflect on my way of thinking and it also brought to fruition an internal battle of detecting inconsistences in the writer’s main tenets and my solution to them; or resigning my assent to each …show more content…
Within the three pieces rhetorical notions such as the ‘subject’ may be different but the foundation principle remains the same, how critical thinking improves the subject of their argument. It can be stated that they all targeted the same audience in terms of their readers belonging to a ‘primary group’, as each article was written so that any general person can comprehend it as definitions and examples were given of each topic. When referring to tone and purpose Sofo et al was much more formal while Boyne and Shaw was more conversational and each helped to support the view of critical thinking aiding personal growth. Comparison and contrast played a role in relating the usage of critical thinking to readers, as it developed reader’s argumentative capabilities. For example; in Sofo et al piece, he used consumer thinking styles and compared how each react to scamming while Boyne focused on expressing the difference in journalism ‘then and now’ and how it affects readers. The organizational principles used in each acted as a
Take Home Test The application of critical thinking skills allows individuals to make rational connection concerning different perspectives, evaluate arguments and discern discrepancies in reasoning. Thus, it is imperative to think critically to initiate the process of full personal development. In the articles; Shaw (2016), Boyne (2009) and Sofo et al (2010), each author reveal the relativism of critical thinking in each subject matter they addressed and how it impacted the primary group of their concern. As a reader it allowed me to reflect on my way of thinking and it also brought to fruition an internal battle of detecting inconsistences in the writer’s main tenets and my solution to them; or resigning my assent to each …show more content…
Within the three pieces rhetorical notions such as the ‘subject’ may be different but the foundation principle remains the same, how critical thinking improves the subject of their argument. It can be stated that they all targeted the same audience in terms of their readers belonging to a ‘primary group’, as each article was written so that any general person can comprehend it as definitions and examples were given of each topic. When referring to tone and purpose Sofo et al was much more formal while Boyne and Shaw was more conversational and each helped to support the view of critical thinking aiding personal growth. Comparison and contrast played a role in relating the usage of critical thinking to readers, as it developed reader’s argumentative capabilities. For example; in Sofo et al piece, he used consumer thinking styles and compared how each react to scamming while Boyne focused on expressing the difference in journalism ‘then and now’ and how it affects readers. The organizational principles used in each acted as a