Critical Literacy Questions for Any Text
- Who wrote, created, or produced this text?
- What assumptions does the author make about my beliefs, values, and knowledge? What tells me this?
- What general view of the world does the text present? Hopeful, pessimistic, cynical, etc.) Explain how you know.
- What voices, points of view, and perspectives are missing? How significant is their omission?
- What information does the author leave out? How significant is it?
- Who is most likely to benefit from this text?
- Why was this text produced?
- Is this text consistent with what I already know? Do I need to seek another source of information?
- Is the text fair? Why or why not?
(Adapted from "Adolescent Literacy Guide - A Professional Learning Resource for Literacy, grades 7-12, Ontario).
