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Introduction to College Composition Introduction to College Composition Introduction to College Composition Lumen Learning CONTENTS Reading: Types of Reading Material ...........................................................................................1 • Introduction: Reading......................................................................................................................................... 1 • Outcome: Types of Reading Material ................................................................................................................ 2 • Comparing Genres, Example 1 ......................................................................................................................... 2 • Comparing Genres, Example 2 ......................................................................................................................... 4 • Comparing Genres, Example 3 ......................................................................................................................... 5 • Comparing Genres, Example 4 ......................................................................................................................... 6 • Comparing Genres, Example 5 ......................................................................................................................... 7 • Comparing Genres, Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 9 • Self Check: Types of Reading ......................................................................................................................... 11 Reading: Reading Strategies ....................................................................................................12 • Outcome: Reading Strategies.......................................................................................................................... 12 • Rhetorical Context ........................................................................................................................................... 12 • Previewing ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 • Active Reading................................................................................................................................................. 14 • Summarizing.................................................................................................................................................... 16 • Reviewing ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 • Self Check: Reading Strategies....................................................................................................................... 19 Reading: Specialized Reading Strategies .................................................................................20 • Outcome: Specialized Reading Strategies ...................................................................................................... 20 • Online Reading Tips ........................................................................................................................................ 22 • How to Read Effectively in the Sciences ......................................................................................................... 24 • How to Read Effectively in the Social Sciences .............................................................................................. 26 • How to Read Effectively in Math...................................................................................................................... 28 • Reading Tables and Graphs............................................................................................................................ 30 • Self Check: Specialized Reading Strategies ................................................................................................... 30 Reading: Vocabulary ................................................................................................................. 31 • Outcome: Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................... 31 • Context Clues .................................................................................................................................................. 32 • Structural Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 33 • Using Reference Tools .................................................................................................................................... 35 • How to Increase Your Vocabulary ................................................................................................................... 36 • Self Check: Vocabulary ................................................................................................................................... 36 Reading: Thesis ........................................................................................................................ 37 • Outcome: Thesis.............................................................................................................................................. 37 • Explicit Versus Implicit Thesis Statements ...................................................................................................... 38 • Thesis and Topic Sentences ........................................................................................................................... 38 • Self Check: Thesis........................................................................................................................................... 39 Reading: Supporting Claims...................................................................................................... 40 • Outcome: Supporting Claims........................................................................................................................... 40 • Point, Illustration, Explanation ......................................................................................................................... 42 • Logos, Ethos, Pathos....................................................................................................................................... 43 • Self Check: Supporting Claims ........................................................................................................................ 45 Reading: Logic and Structure....................................................................................................46 • An Overview of the Rhetorical Modes ............................................................................................................. 46 • Organizational Patterns ................................................................................................................................... 48 • Inductive and Deductive Reasoning ................................................................................................................ 49 • Logical Fallacies .............................................................................................................................................. 49 • Self Check: Logic and Structure ...................................................................................................................... 50 • Logic and Structure.......................................................................................................................................... 50 Reading: Summary Skills .......................................................................................................... 54 • Outcome: Summary Skills ............................................................................................................................... 54 • Annotation........................................................................................................................................................ 55 • Paraphrasing a Thesis Statement ................................................................................................................... 55 • Using Quotations in a Summary ...................................................................................................................... 56 • Summarizing Main Ideas and Details .............................................................................................................. 57 • Self Check: Summary Skills............................................................................................................................. 57 • Conclusion: Critical Reading............................................................................................................................ 58 Writing Process: Topic Selection...............................................................................................59 • Why It Matters: Writing Process ...................................................................................................................... 59 • Outcome: Topic Selection................................................................................................................................ 60 • Problems as Process......................................................................................................................................
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