Reading Critically

DUE: 6/5/24 11:59pm est

An important critical thinking skill is the ability to make inferences—educated interpretations—from information we read or observe. Interpreting a visual image involves observing details and using those observations to form an impression of what the image could be communicating beyond the obvious. The actual details you initially see in an image may provide a message; however, the impression it gives you (what you infer from it, beyond the obvious) can convey an even more powerful message. A good image supports and embellishes the written material it accompanies. Let's put this theory to work in this week's discussion

To begin, find a visual image that appears in our textbook and start your post by sharing the page number where you found it.

Next, without interpreting or inferring anything, carefully describe the details in the image (use sentences or a list). Pretend your readers don't have the image to look at, or have a visual disability, and must rely on your detailed description to create a mental picture for themselves.

Finally, tell what you infer or assume the author intended to communicate with the image and how it compliments or reinforces the written material that accompanies it.

You are free to use any image you can find, but try to use one that another class member has not already discussed.