Introduction-to-College-Composition-1510682983_regexified.pdf

Introduction to College Composition
Introduction to College
Composition
Lumen Learning

CONTENTS
Reading: Types of Reading Material 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 Reading: Reading Strategies .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... 12 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 Reading: Specialized Reading Strategies ................................................................................. ................................................................................. 20 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 Reading: Vocabulary ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. 31 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 Reading: Thesis ........................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................ 37 37
• Outcome: Thesis .............................................................................................................................................. 37
• Explicit Versus Implicit Thesis Statements ...................................................................................................... 38
• Thesis and Topic Sentences ........................................................................................................................... 38
• Self Check: Thesis ........................................................................................................................................... 39
Reading: Supporting Claims Reading: Supporting Claims ...................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................... 40 40
• Outcome: Supporting Claims ........................................................................................................................... 40
• Point, Illustration, Explanation ......................................................................................................................... 42
• Logos, Ethos, Pathos ....................................................................................................................................... 43
• Self Check: Supporting Claims ........................................................................................................................ 45
Reading: Logic and Structure Reading: Logic and Structure .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... 46 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 Reading: Summary Skills .......................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................... 54 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 Writing Process: Topic Selection ............................................................................................... ............................................................................................... 59 59
• Why It Matters: Writing Process ...................................................................................................................... 59
• Outcome: Topic Selection ................................................................................................................................ 60
• Problems as Process ....................................................................................................................................... 61
• Strategies for Narrowing a Topic ..................................................................................................................... 63
• Self Check: Topic Selection ............................................................................................................................. 64
Writing Process: Prewriting Writing Process: Prewriting ....................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................... 65 65
• Outcome: Prewriting ........................................................................................................................................ 65
• Prewriting Strategies ........................................................................................................................................ 66
• Rhetorical Situation .......................................................................................................................................... 69
• Working Thesis Statement ............................................................................................................................... 70
• Self Check: Prewriting ..................................................................................................................................... 72
Writing Process: Finding Evidence Writing Process: Finding Evidence ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 73 73
• Outcome: Finding Evidence ............................................................................................................................. 73
• Selecting Evidence .......................................................................................................................................... 75
• Applying Evidence ........................................................................................................................................... 78
• Self Check: Finding Evidence .......................................................................................................................... 80
Writing Process: Organizing Writing Process: Organizing ...................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................... 82 82
• Outcome: Organizing ....................................................................................................................................... 82
• Types of Essays and Suggested Structures .................................................................................................... 83
• Evolution of the Thesis Statement ................................................................................................................... 88
• Toulmin's Schema ........................................................................................................................................... 88
• Paragraph Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 90
• Self Check: Organizing .................................................................................................................................... 91
Writing Process: Drafting Writing Process: Drafting ........................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... 92 92
• Outcome: Drafting ............................................................................................................................................ 92
• The First Draft is the Ugliest ............................................................................................................................ 93
• Moving From Outline to Draft ........................................................................................................................... 94
• Revising and Writing a Second Draft ............................................................................................................... 94
• Self Check: Drafting ......................................................................................................................................... 95
Writing Process: Revising Writing Process: Revising ......................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................... 96 96
• Outcome: Revising .......................................................................................................................................... 96
• Revising Drafts ................................................................................................................................................ 97
• Peer Review .................................................................................................................................................... 99
• Concerns About Revision ................................................................................................................................