qualitative visuals
visuals present images hat are to appeal to the audience's emotions
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This is where i stopped reading today, pick up here
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SQ3R Strategy
A widely used reading process that involves surveying the text and forming questions before reading; reading to answer questions, predict test material, and form new questions and predictions; reciting or recording the main points of the text; and reviewing and reflecting upon the material.
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academic journal articles often include a summary at the beginning
called Abstract also includes electronic databases include summaries of articles
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Ask and answer questions
When you begin reading a section, try to identify two to three questions you should be able to answer after you finish it. Write down your questions and use them to test yourself on the reading. If you cannot answer a question, try to determine why. Is the answer buried in that section of reading but just not coming across to you? Or do you expect to find the answer in another part of the reading?
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Summarize
At the end of each section, pause to summarize the main points in a few sentences. If you have trouble doing so, revisit that section.
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stop occasionally to answer these questions on paper or in your head. Use them to identify sections you may need to reread, read more carefully, or ask your instructor about later.
good way to understand what the author is getting at
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After identifying the main point, you will find the supporting points
Details, facts and explanations that develop and clarify a writer's main point
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expository writing
Definition: Writing that conveys facts or descriptions
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making sure you actually understand all the information you are expected to process.
This is the challenge when it comes to comprehension
Some of your reading assignments will be fairly straightforward. Others, however, will be longer or more complex, so you will need a plan for how to handle them.
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key component of planning is setting a purpose.
Knowing what you want to get out of a reading assignment helps you determine how to approach it and how much time to spend on it.
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focus on setting aside enough time for reading and breaking your assignments into manageable chunks. If you are assigned a seventy-page chapter to read for next week’s class, try not to wait until the night before to get started. Give yourself at least a few days and tackle one section at a time.
break down the 70 page chapter down over so many days (2 or 3)
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