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The Word on College Reading and Writing

An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.

CompositionHumanities
Author
Carol Burnell, Jaime Wood, Monique Babin, Susan Pesznecker, and Nicole Rosevear
Publisher
LibreTexts
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 78 sections
  1. 01: Part 1
  2. 1.01: Working with Texts
  3. 1.1.01: What is a Text
  4. 1.02: Building Strong Reading Skills
  5. 1.2.01: Read Effectively
  6. 1.2.02: Create an Optimal Setting for Reading
  7. 1.2.03: Use Pre-reading Strategies
  8. 1.2.04: Read Efficiently
  9. 1.2.05: Annotate and Take Notes
  10. 1.2.06: Do Quick Research
  11. 1.2.07: Discover What a Text is Trying to Say
  12. 1.2.08: Explore the Ways the Text Affects You
  13. 1.2.09: Reflect
  14. 1.2.10: Troubleshoot Your Reading
  15. 1.03: Writing about Texts
  16. 1.3.01: Reading Critically
  17. 1.3.02: Exploring the Structure of a Text
  18. 1.3.03: Dialectic Note-taking
  19. 1.3.04: Analyzing Content and Rhetoric
  20. 1.3.05: Sentence-Level Analysis
  21. 1.3.06: Point of View
  22. 1.3.07: Word Choice
  23. 1.3.08: Paragraph Analysis
  24. 1.3.09: Summarizing a Text
  25. 1.3.10: Critiquing a Text
  26. 1.3.11: Drawing Conclusions Synthesizing and Reflecting
  27. 1.04: What is Information Literacy
  28. 1.4.01: Why is Information Literacy Important
  29. 1.4.02: Finding Quality Texts
  30. 1.4.03: Learning About Plagiarism and Guidelines for Using Information
  31. 02: Part 2
  32. 2.01: Why Write
  33. 2.1.01: About This Section
  34. 2.1.02: Self-Exploration and Self-Enrichment
  35. 2.1.03: Creativity
  36. 2.1.04: Comprehension and Academic Performance
  37. 2.1.05: Professional Opportunities
  38. 2.1.06: Effective Communication and Persuasion
  39. 2.02: Determining Your Audience and Purpose
  40. 2.2.01: Audience
  41. 2.2.02: Purpose
  42. 2.2.03: Appealing to Your Audience
  43. 2.2.04: Exercises
  44. 2.2.05: Tone Voice and Point of View
  45. 2.03: PrewritingGenerating Ideas
  46. 2.3.01: Selecting and Narrowing a Topic
  47. 2.3.02: Strategies for Getting Started
  48. 2.3.03: Imagining Your Audiences Needs
  49. 2.04: Drafting
  50. 2.4.01: Organizing Your Ideas and Looking for Connections
  51. 2.4.02: Finding the Thesis
  52. 2.4.03: Writing a First Draft
  53. 2.4.04: Writing Paragraphs
  54. 2.4.05: The Paragraph Body- Supporting Your Ideas
  55. 2.4.06: Developing Relationships between Ideas
  56. 2.4.07: Patterns of Organization and Methods of Development
  57. 2.4.08: Writing Introductions
  58. 2.4.09: Writing Conclusions
  59. 2.4.10: Writing Summaries
  60. 2.4.11: Paraphrasing
  61. 2.4.12: Quoting
  62. 2.05: Using Sources Correctly
  63. 2.5.01: Crediting and Citing Your Sources
  64. 2.5.02: Citing or Identifying Images in Your Writing
  65. 2.5.03: Handling Titles
  66. 2.5.04: Proofreading Your Work with Sources
  67. 2.5.05: Using Citation Generators
  68. 2.06: Dealing with Obstacles and Developing Good Habits
  69. 2.6.01: Overcoming Writing Anxiety and Writers Block
  70. 2.6.02: Good Writing Habits
  71. 2.6.03: Procrastination
  72. 2.07: Revising
  73. 2.7.01: Higher vs. Lower Order Concerns
  74. 2.7.02: Reverse Outlining
  75. 2.7.03: Editing
  76. 2.7.04: Document Format Documentation Style and Proofreading
  77. 2.7.05: Giving and Receiving Feedback
  78. 2.7.06: Whats Next