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Introduction to College Composition

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Introduction to College Composition

Introduction to College Composition focuses on helping students practice and strengthen the basic concepts and skills of the writing process: critical reading; process-based writing; research and documentation; and practical grammar and mechanics. An optional module introduces “college success” strategies that help students understand and develop good habits to improve their performance in this and other college courses.

CompositionHumanities
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Lumen Learning
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LibreTexts
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Contents· 206 sections
  1. 01: Reading
  2. 1: Types of Reading Material
  3. 1.01: Introduction: Reading
  4. 1.02: Outcome: Types of Reading Material
  5. 1.03: Comparing Genres Example 1
  6. 1.04: Comparing Genres Example 2
  7. 1.05: Comparing Genres Example 3
  8. 1.06: Comparing Genres Example 4
  9. 1.07: Comparing Genres Example 5
  10. 1.08: Comparing Genres Conclusion
  11. 1.09: Self Check: Types of Reading
  12. 2: Reading Strategies
  13. 2.1: Outcome: Reading Strategies
  14. 2.2: Rhetorical Context
  15. 2.3: Previewing
  16. 2.4: Active Reading
  17. 2.5: Summarizing
  18. 2.6: Reviewing
  19. 2.7: Self Check: Reading Strategies
  20. 3: Specialized Reading Strategies
  21. 3.1: Outcome: Specialized Reading Strategies
  22. 3.2: Online Reading Tips
  23. 3.3: How to Read Effectively in the Sciences
  24. 3.4: How to Read Effectively in the Social Sciences
  25. 3.5: How to Read Effectively in Math
  26. 3.6: Reading Tables and Graphs
  27. 3.7: Self Check: Specialized Reading Strategies
  28. 4: Vocabulary
  29. 4.1: Outcome: Vocabulary
  30. 4.2: Context Clues
  31. 4.3: Structural Analysis
  32. 4.4: Using Reference Tools
  33. 4.5: How to Increase Your Vocabulary
  34. 4.6: Self Check: Vocabulary
  35. 5: Thesis
  36. 5.1: Outcome: Thesis
  37. 5.2: Explicit Versus Implicit Thesis Statements
  38. 5.3: Thesis and Topic Sentences
  39. 5.4: Self Check: Thesis
  40. 6: Supporting Claims
  41. 6.1: Outcome: Supporting Claims
  42. 6.2: Point Illustration Explanation
  43. 6.3: Logos Ethos Pathos
  44. 6.4: Self Check: Supporting Claims
  45. 7: Logic and Structure
  46. 7.1: An Overview of the Rhetorical Modes
  47. 7.2: Organizational Patterns
  48. 7.3: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
  49. 7.4: Logical Fallacies
  50. 7.5: Self Check: Logic and Structure
  51. 7.6: Logic and Structure
  52. 8: Summary Skills
  53. 8.1: Outcome: Summary Skills
  54. 8.2: Annotation
  55. 8.3: Paraphrasing a Thesis Statement
  56. 8.4: Using Quotations in a Summary
  57. 8.5: Summarizing Main Ideas and Details
  58. 8.6: Self Check: Summary Skills
  59. 8.7: Conclusion: Critical Reading
  60. 02: Writing Process
  61. 09: Topic Selection
  62. 9.1: Why It Matters: Writing Process
  63. 9.2: Outcome: Topic Selection
  64. 9.3: Problems as Process
  65. 9.4: Strategies for Narrowing a Topic
  66. 9.5: Self Check: Topic Selection
  67. 10: Prewriting
  68. 10.1: Outcome: Prewriting
  69. 10.2: Prewriting Strategies
  70. 10.3: Rhetorical Situation
  71. 10.4: Working Thesis Statement
  72. 10.5: Self Check: Prewriting
  73. 11: Finding Evidence
  74. 11.1: Outcome: Finding Evidence
  75. 11.2: Selecting Evidence
  76. 11.3: Applying Evidence
  77. 11.4: Self Check: Finding Evidence
  78. 12: Organizing
  79. 12.1: Outcome: Organizing
  80. 12.2: Types of Essays and Suggested Structures
  81. 12.3: Evolution of the Thesis Statement
  82. 12.4: Toulmins Schema
  83. 12.5: Paragraph Structure
  84. 12.6: Self Check: Organizing
  85. 13: Drafting
  86. 13.1: Outcome: Drafting
  87. 13.2: The First Draft is the Ugliest
  88. 13.3: Moving From Outline to Draft
  89. 13.4: Revising and Writing a Second Draft
  90. 13.5: Self Check: Drafting
  91. 14: Revising
  92. 14.1: Outcome: Revising
  93. 14.2: Revising Drafts
  94. 14.3: Peer Review
  95. 14.4: Concerns About Revision
  96. 14.5: Self Check: Revising
  97. 15: Proofreading
  98. 15.1: Outcome: Proofreading
  99. 15.2: Proof Reading
  100. 15.3: Why and How to Proofread
  101. 15.4: Approaching Precision
  102. 15.5: Self Check: Proofreading
  103. 15.6: Conclusion: Writing Process
  104. 03: Research
  105. 16: Finding Sources
  106. 16.01: Why It Matters: Research Process
  107. 16.02: Outcome: Finding Sources
  108. 16.03: Preliminary Research Strategies
  109. 16.04: The Research Process
  110. 16.05: Level Up Your Google Game
  111. 16.06: Intermediate Research Strategies
  112. 16.07: Finding Books
  113. 16.08: Advanced Search Strategies
  114. 16.09: Library Databases
  115. 16.10: How to Search Databases
  116. 16.11: Self Check: Finding Sources
  117. 17: Source Analysis
  118. 17.1: Outcome: Source Analysis
  119. 17.2: Reading and Using Your Sources
  120. 17.3: Evaluating Sources
  121. 17.4: Evaluating Websites
  122. 17.5: Synthesizing Sources
  123. 17.6: Self Check: Source Analysis
  124. 18: Writing Ethically
  125. 18.1: Outcome: Writing Ethically
  126. 18.2: Academic Integrity
  127. 18.3: Defining Plagiarism
  128. 18.4: Avoiding Plagiarism
  129. 18.5: Using Sources in Your Writing
  130. 18.6: Self Check: Writing Ethically
  131. 19: MLA Documentation
  132. 19.1: Outcome: MLA Documentation
  133. 19.2: Introduction to MLA Documentation
  134. 19.3: MLA Document Formatting
  135. 19.4: MLA Works Cited
  136. 19.5: Creating MLA Citations
  137. 19.6: MLA In-Text Citations
  138. 19.7: Self Check: MLA Documentation
  139. 19.8: Conclusion: Research Process
  140. 19.9: Supplementary Resource: MLA Citation Formatting
  141. 04: Grammar
  142. 20: Nouns and Pronouns
  143. 20.1: Why It Matters: Grammar
  144. 20.2: Outcome: Nouns and Pronouns
  145. 20.3: Nouns
  146. 20.4: Categories of Nouns
  147. 20.5: Pronouns
  148. 20.6: Pronoun Cases
  149. 20.7: Pronoun Antecedents
  150. 20.8: Self Check: Nouns and Pronouns
  151. 20.9: Try It: Nouns and Pronouns
  152. 21: Verbs
  153. 21.1: Outcome: Verbs
  154. 21.2: Verb Types
  155. 21.3: Simple Verb Tenses
  156. 21.4: Verb Agreement
  157. 21.5: Non-Finite Verbs
  158. 21.6: Advanced Verb Tenses
  159. 21.7: Self Check: Verbs
  160. 21.8: Try It: Verbs
  161. 22: Other Parts of Speech
  162. 22.1: Outcome: Other Parts of Speech
  163. 22.2: Adjectives
  164. 22.3: Adverbs
  165. 22.4: Comparing Adjectives and Adverbs
  166. 22.5: Conjunctions
  167. 22.6: Prepositions
  168. 22.7: Articles
  169. 22.8: Self Check: Other Parts of Speech
  170. 22.9: Try It: Other Parts of Speech
  171. 23: Punctuation
  172. 23.01: Outcome: Punctuation
  173. 23.02: End Punctuation
  174. 23.03: Commas
  175. 23.04: Semicolons and Colons
  176. 23.05: Hyphens and Dashes
  177. 23.06: Apostrophes
  178. 23.07: Quotation Marks
  179. 23.08: Parentheses and Brackets
  180. 23.09: Ellipses
  181. 23.10: Self Check: Punctuation
  182. 23.11: Try It: Punctuation
  183. 24: Sentence Structure
  184. 24.1: Outcome: Sentence Structure
  185. 24.2: Parts of a Sentence
  186. 24.3: Common Sentence Patterns
  187. 24.4: Run-on Sentences
  188. 24.5: Sentence Fragments
  189. 24.6: Parallel Structure
  190. 24.7: Self Check: Sentence Structure
  191. 24.8: Try It - Sentence Structure
  192. 25: Voice
  193. 25.1: Outcome: Voice
  194. 25.2: Active and Passive Voice
  195. 25.3: Using the Passive Voice
  196. 25.4: Self Check: Voice
  197. 25.5: Try It: Voice
  198. 25.6: Conclusion: Grammar
  199. 05: Success Skills
  200. 26.1: Introduction to Success Skills
  201. 26.2: Habits for Success
  202. 26.3: Critical Thinking
  203. 26.4: Time Management
  204. 26.5: Writing in College
  205. 26.6: Computer-Based Writing
  206. 26.7: Conclusion to Success Skills