Reading Critically

This writer is writing this piece to inform-specifically, to inform about how to read critically. The article tells how one can take notes while reading something in order to absorb the material better, among other methods that help comprehension. The reading includes a piece by M. F. K. Fisher entitled "The Broken Chain" that the writer annotates a bit and uses to describe the critical reading process. This overall involves summarizing, analysis, inference, synthesis, and evaluation, among other steps. After reading this, it is easier to look for purpose, tone, etc. in a work of writing.