Critical Reading & Thinking
Read the practice below to answer the following question.
“Patrick Stokes’s “No, you’re not entitled to your opinion” (The Conversation, 2012).
After reading Patrick Stokes’s article “No, you’re not entitled to your opinion, answer the following questions. For smaller, response-oriented.
1). In one or two sentences, sum up the major point(s) Stokes is making in his essay. What, in a nutshell, is the point he’s making?
2). What types of opinion does Stokes identify in the essay? Which is the focus of his writing? Why?
3). What—if anything—does Stokes use to back up/support his assertion?
4). Identify a current issue that highlights the clash between layperson opinion and expertise that Stokes writes about.
5). Do you agree or disagree with Stokes? Why?
