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When searching for “animal shelter,” you receive more than one bil-
lion results. You are now faced with a formidable evaluation task, but you
can’t possibly look at all of these sources. You could choose to narrow your
search terms to something like “animal shelters and lost pets” (which yields
66,200,000 results) or take Google’s apparent suggestion and focus your
search on animal shelters in your local area. Let’s say you decide to focus
on the Humane Society of North Texas, the first result from your original
search (see figure 2).
Figure 2. The Humane Society of North Texas homepage shows the organiza-
tion’s logo, a basic navigational menu, and a photo of a large dog looking out a car
window into the camera. Text next to the dog encourages viewers to donate their
vehicle in support of the Humane Society.
To guide you during this evaluation process are the critical reading
questions that we discussed earlier.
1. Who is the author?
2. How do I know that he/she is knowledgeable about the subject?
3. Is the author using emotional appeals/manipulation in his or
her argument?
4. Does the author use “loaded” language to distract readers from
relevant reasons and evidence?
5. Is the support for the argument appropriate to the claim?
6. Are all the statements believable?
7. Is the argument consistent and complete?
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