Reading is one of the greatest human capacity ever discovered. From the moment that this civilization has learned to read, it has opened doors of opportunity and of wisdom to mankind. It is considered as one of the four macro skills along with listening, writing, and speaking— to which a civilized being is expected to perform effectively so to achieve an end goal or purpose. The act of reading could be a past-time, a habit, or even a requisite to further discover a written idea. If we want to have a break from our responsibilities, we get a book from our shelves and start flipping it page by page. There is this sense of fulfillment once we are through reading and comprehending what it intends to say to us, as readers. That is the way how we view the act of reading for most of the time. However, there is much instore for one who wishes to read on purpose. This purpose is primarily out of the desire to know more of the subject-matter of what we are reading— to actually peel the layers of meaning in every idea that has been read, and to arrive at a certain point of understanding where we get to integrate the concept to the real-life circumstances. This is where Critical Reading comes into the picture. WHAT IS CRITICAL READING? Reading is certainly distinct from Critical Reading because the former is only concerned with one’s apprehension of the sequence of ideas in the given text while the latter is considered as an analytic activity because it is an integration of an approach