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    1. critical reading is essential to the development of a topic. While reading almost any document, evaluate the author’s point of view by thinking about his/her main idea and support.

      think about the purpose of what youre reading from authors pov

    2. Using experience and observations Reading related materials Freewriting Annotating and asking questions

      When deciding on a topic keep these strategies in mind

    1. And it is difficult, if not impossible, to write effectively about a text that you do not understand. Even when you do understand the reading, it can be hard to write about it if you do not feel personally engaged with the ideas discussed.

      Starting college after being out of school for so long has me facd with this exact challenge, sometimes it is hard to understand readings, sometimes I fully understand but don't know how to write about it

    1. Because questions vary significantly from discipline to discipline and from field to field, it is important that you assess your questions according to the discourse community you are writing within. Once you’ve selected a major, one way to develop a sense of the types of questions posed in your selected discipline is to read articles published in that field.

      Questions and audiences I should be targeting when writing should be centered on my major, criminology

    2. succinct

      Definition: brief clear and well-expressed, conveying information or ideas effectively either few words, without unnecessary details or length