After reading chapter 2

I learned many things from chapter 2. For instance, i need to determine whether the writer intention is to inform the reader, persuade the reader or to just entertain the reader. I need to try and figure this out from the first few lines and the title to see if it is worth reading to see if it is a good source. I need to make sure the writer doesn't have emotionally loaded terms in their work, or they don't generalize or make false accuzations. When reading i need to critique the writing to see if it has things like if the information is accurate, significant and if the author defines the terms clearly so the reader may understand them. Also if the author used and interpreted information fairly and if they argued logically and didn't try to lean toward one side of the arguement.