Reading And Writing

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Keeping a reading journal

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Feelings and ideas in reaction.

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Annotating the text

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Making notes on your copy./ highlighting or underlining.

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Outlining the text

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Plotting these into an outline.

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Critical reading

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Evaluate claims, seek definitions etc.

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Summarizing the text

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Getting the mainpoints.

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Questioning the text

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Asking the specific questions.

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Explicit

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Clearly stated.

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Implicit

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Ideas that are suggested.

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Claim

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Providing details, explanations etc.

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Claims of fact

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Quantifiable assertion./ has existed.

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Claims of value

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Can be qualified./ moral, philosophical or aesthetic.

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Claims of policy

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Specific actions should be chosen.

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Context

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Social, cultural, political, historical etc.

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Intertextuality

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Modeling of a text's meaning.

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Hypertext

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Nonlinear way./ connects topics on a screen.

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Assertions

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Become the primary channel.

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Assertion of fact

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Can be proven objectively.

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Assertion of convention

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Traditions and norms./ historical precedent, rules etc.

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Assertion of opinion

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Based on facts, but are difficult to objectively.

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Assertion of preference

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Based on personal choice.

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Counterclaims

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Rebut a previous claim.

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Evidence

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Details given by the author.

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Pre-writing

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Different techniques that help you discover ideas.

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Purpose

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Reason why you are writing.

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Audience

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Help you determine how you want them to respond.

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Audience

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Who your readers, anticipate their expectations, background etc.

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Topic

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Subject or the specific issue.

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Tone

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Attitudes and feelings.

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Brainstorming

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Popular methods./ list down.

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Clustering or mapping

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Use to find your writing topic.

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Clustering or mapping

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Start by writing a word or phrase.

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Freewriting

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Force of narration.

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Freewriting

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Writing down your thoughts nonstop.

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Thesis Statement

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Central idea of an essay.