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Builds upon a summary

a formalized, critical reading of a passagethat includes a personal response

purpose is to turn a critical reading of apassage into a systematic evaluation to

deepen a readers understanding of thatpassage


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must determine what an author says

how well the points are made

what assumptions underlie the argument

what issues are overlooked, and whatimplication can be drawn from such ananalysis, statement and explanation ofpersonal assumptions

(opinions/responses)


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Begin by posing two broad questions aboutreadings:

To what extent does the author succeed inhis/her purpose?

To what extent do you agree with the

author?


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identify authors thesis

identify the selections content andstructure

identify the authors purpose.

authors purpose to inform, persuade,and/or entertain


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Reason an author writes something

To inform

To persuade

To entertain


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Is the information accurate?

Is the information significant? What canthe reader gain from this information? Howis knowledge advanced by thepublication of this material? Is the

information of importance to you or toothers in a particular audience? Why orwhy not?


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Does the author fairly interpret the factual

information? Could you offer a contraryexplanation for the same facts? Doesmore information need to be gatheredbefore firm conclusions can be drawn?Why?


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What is the authors assertion or thesis

statement? Is the authors argument valid? Does the

author use clearly defined key terms?Does the author use information fairly? Has

the author argued logically and notfallaciously?

Watch out for faulty thinking and logicalfallacies


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Which elements of the work seemedeffective/ineffective? Why? Offer an

overall assessment, elaborating onpersonal views. Did I care for the portrayal of a certain

character?

Did that character seem overly sentimentalor heroic?

Did his adversaries seem too villainous orstupid?


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Did his adversaries seem too villainous orstupid?

Were the situations believable?

Was the action interesting or merelyformulaic?

Was the theme developed subtly orpowerfully, or did the work come across as

preachy or shrill? Did the action at the end of the work follow

plausibly from what had come before?

Was the language fresh and incisive or stale

and predictable?


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To what extent do you agree with the author?

your assessment of the presentation may notcoincide with personal views: you may agree with the author but feel the

presentation is superficial

respond to authors main assertions(arguments)

identify points of agreement and

disagreement identify assumptions

Elaborate upon your opinion.WHY do youagree or disagree?


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The specific points are based upon thefollowing criteria:

Is the information accurate?

Is the information significant?

Has the author clearly defined terms?

Has the author used and interpretedinformation fairly? Has the author arguedlogically?


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Essay responds to the authors views

Essay discusses reasons for agreementand/or disagreement

Questions to answer include:

With which views do you agree? Why? With which views do you disagree? Why?


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Read the essay

Whats good?

Whats bad?

Whats missing?


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Homophones

Who/Whom

Prepositions Commonly abused words/phrases

Appropriate language, wordiness, exact

words


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Youre too big for your britches.

Theyre on their way there.

Please give me two dollars so that I can goto the store too.

If you go then, you will need more moneythan you currently possess.


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I love you. Subject is the person doing something

I am performing the love; therefore I am the

subject

Object is having something done to them

You are the object of my affection


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Use whowhen referring to the subject of aclause

Who loves you?

Use whomwhen referring to the object of aclause

Whom do you love?


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Him and whom both end with the letter m

When trying to choose between whoorwhom, ask if the answer to the question

would be heor him Who (or whom) do you love?

Answer is I love him, so whomis correct

Who (or whom) broke his heart?

Answer isShe broke his heart, so whoiscorrect


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1. ______ should we invite to the party?Whom

2. ______ wants ice cream?

Who

3. ____ do you trust?

Whom

4. For ______ the Bell Tolls

Whom5. ______ left the alligator in the backyard?

Who


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Preposition

indicates the relationship between thenoun or pronoun that follows it andanother word in the sentence

At, by, for, from, in, of, on, to , with

The road to the summit travels past cratersfrom an extinct volcano.


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Can you end a sentence with apreposition? Where are you at?

Where are you?

She displayed the good humor shes known for. She displayed the good humor for which she is

known.

I want to know where he came from.

I want to know from where he came.


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She is a person I cannot cope with.

She is a person with whom I cannot

cope.

If the restructured sentence soundscontrived and unnatural, simply rewrite thesentence:

It is behavior I will not put up with.

It is behavior up with which I will notput.

It is behavior I will not tolerate.


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Use each of these in a sentence:1. Literally2. its3.

Supposebly4. Cancelled5. Exceptable6. 360 degrees

7. I could care less8. Irregardless9. For all intensive purposes10. Sherbert


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Affect

To influence (verb)Lack of sleep affects the quality of your

work.

EffectResult (noun)

The subtle effect of the lighting made theroom look ominous.

To accomplish (verb)

Can the university effect such a changewithout disrupting classes?


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***hint replace confused word with definition***

Affect = to influence / effect = result, toaccomplish

The arrows ____ the Aardvark.

affectedThe ____ was eye-popping.

effect

The sound ____ were amazing!

effectsThe rain had no ____ on Amys hairdo.

Effect (remember this is a noun)


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Affect can be used as a noun in psychology.

Psychologists know that one can never reallyunderstand what someone else is feeling;one can only know how they appearto befeeling.

She displayed a happy affect.

Effect can be used as a verb meaning to

bring about or to accomplish.Aardvark hoped to effect change within the

burrow.


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Lie/lying/lied

To tell a falsehoodI lied to my mother.Lie/lying/lay/lain To reclineI have a headache, so Im going to lie down for a while.

I lay on the bed because I was tired.He was lain in the grass.Lay/laying/laid/laid To put, to place

Lay down that shotgun!I laid the baby in her cradle.We have laid the dishes on the table.


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Lay is subject acting on an object

I lay down the book.

Lie is subject doing action

I lie down.


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The cat ___ in the mud after it rained

yesterday.

lay

Mary forcefully ___ her ring on the table.

laid

Dean has ___ on the floor for days.

lain

The cat has ___ in the mud for hours.

lain


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Lose

Opposite of win, to misplace

Dont lose your mind.

Loose

Not tight

The burglars pants were so loose that hecouldnt run faster than the cop.


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The hockey team doesnt want to __ the

game.

lose

The girl had such a bad sunburn that she

could only wear ___ clothes.loose

Set the dog ___.

loose

I always seem to ___ my keys.

lose


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A lot

Always leave a space

Alot

Isnt a word!!!!

You dont write alittle, abunch, acantaloupe, aporkchop, or alot.


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then

Used for time

First I stole a panda bear, then we drankmalt liquor together.

than

Used for comparison

Im much better at holding my liquor thana panda bear.


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It was dark, ___ there was a scream

then

Money is better ___ poverty, if only forfinancial reasons (Woody Allen)

than

Russia is even more spacious ___ Canada.

than

She used to holiday in Sri Lanka as it was ___known.

then


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Weather

Snow, rain, sunshine, typhoons Withstand, endure

In Ireland, you will experience multiple

types of weather everyday.

whether

Expressing a doubt or choice betweenalternatives

When I was in Ireland, I couldnt decidewhether to go home or stay.


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Sarah wants to know ___ the visit is still on

schedule.whether

I am going to the fair, ___ or not it is raining.

whetherWell anchor up, ___ the storm and then head

back to land.

weather

The sea will ___ that rope ion less than aweek.

weather


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Sit/sat/sitting

To be seated or come to a restingposition

I sat in my favorite chair.

Set/set/setting

To put or place

I set my glass on the table.


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***hintreplace set with put

We were surprised by the beautiful gift-wrapped package ___ on our bed.

setting

The flowers were ___ on the table and themens tuxes were draped over chairs.

setting

Suki ___ in her office and paints her nails.sits


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All ready

prepared

Dinner was all ready when the guestsarrived.

already

By this time

The ham was already burned when theguests arrived.


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Jillian is ___.

All ready

When they pulled the shark up in the net, itwas ___ dead.

already

It is ___ illegal to culture human-animalembryos for more than fourteen days.

already


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Apart

To be separated

My old car fell apart before we reachedCalifornia.

A part

To be joined with

A part of this plan involves rising at dawn.


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The rocks fell 30 feet ___.

apart

The whole room was silent ___ from Becky.

apart

Once we are ___ of this group, we must paydues.

a part


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Of

Coming from, caused by, part of agroup, made from (preposition)

The leader of the band played bass guitar

Have

To possess

I should have started studying earlier.

***it is NEVER should of, could of, would of


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Watch the video clip

How are the rules for wordy sentences,

appropriate language, and exact wordsbroken?

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Eliminate redundancies

Daniel is now employed at a privaterehabilitation center working as aregistered physical therapist.

Daniel works at a private rehabilitationcenter as a registered physical therapist.

Sylvia very hurriedly scribbled her name,address, and phone number on a greasy

napkin.Sylvia scribbled her name, address, and

phone number on a greasy napkin.


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Avoid unnecessary repetition of words

Our fifth patient, in room six, is a mentally illpatient.

Our fifth patient, in room six, is mentally ill.

The best teachers help each studentbecome a better student bothacademically and emotionally.

The best teachers help each student growboth academically and emotionally.


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Cut empty or inflated phrases

Along the lines of...like As a matter of fact...in fact

At all times...always

At the present time...now, currently Because of the fact that...because

Due to the fact that...because

For the reason that...because In order to...to

In the final analysis...finally


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Simplify the structure especially by avoiding

be verbs and there is, are, was, wereInvestigators were involved in studying the

effect of classical music on unborn babies.

Investigators studied the effect of classicalmusic on unborn babies.

All too often, athletes with marginal academicskills have been recruited by our coaches.

All too often, our coaches have recruitedathletes with marginal academic skills.


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Reduce clauses to phrases and phrases to

single wordsWe took a side trip to Monticello, which was

the home of Thomas Jefferson.

We took a side trip to Monticello, the homeof Thomas Jefferson.


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Stay away from jargon

We outsourced the work to an outfit in Ohiobecause we didnt have the bandwidth to tackleit in-house.

We hired a company in Ohio because we had

too few employees to do the work.The CEO should dialogue with investors about

partnering with clients to purchase land ineconomically deprived zones.

The CEO should talk with investors aboutworking with clients to buy land in poorneighborhoods.


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Avoid pretentious language

Taylors employment of multihued means ofexpression draws back the curtains andlets slip the nostalgic vantage point from

which she observes American society aswell as her lack of comprehension ofeconomic realities.

Taylors use of colorful language reveals thatshe has a nostalgic view of Americansociety and does not understandeconomic realities.


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Avoid most euphemisms

Nice-sounding words or phrases substituted forwords thought to sound harsh or ugly Adult entertainment

Preowned automobile

Economically deprived Negative savings

Strategic withdrawal

Correctional facility

Revenue enhancers

Chemical dependency

Avoid doublespeak Deliberately evasive or deceptive language

Downsizing = firing employees


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Avoid sexist language Chairman

Fireman Mailman Mankind weatherman

When a student writes a paper, he must proofread

carefully.When a student writes a paper, he/she must

proofread carefully. Rather than use too many he/she his/her, use

pluralWhen students write their papers, they must

proofread carefully. Best to rewrite sentence to avoid problem

completely


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Revise language that may offend groups of

peopleNorth Dakota takes its name from the Indian

word meaning friend or ally.

North Dakota takes its name from the Lakotaword meaning friend or ally.


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Select words with appropriate

connotationsWhen American soldiers returned home after

World War II, many women abandoned

their jobs in favor of marriage.When American soldiers returned home after

World War II, many women left their jobs in

favor of marriage.


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Prefer specific concrete nouns

Thing, area, aspect, factor, individual, etc.

The senator spoke about the challenges ofthe future: the environment and world

peace.The senator spoke about the challenges of

the future: pollution, dwindling resources,

and terrorism.


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Do not misuse words

These days the training required for a balletdancer is all-absorbent.

These days the training required for a ballet

dancer is all-absorbing.


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Use Standard Idioms

Speech forms that follow no easily specifiedrulesNEVER ALWAYS

Angry at (a person) Angry with (a person)

Agree to (an idea) Agree with (an idea)

Different than Different from

Off of Off

Plan on doing Plan to do

think on Think of; think about

Try and; sure and Try to; sure to


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Do not rely heavily on clichs Cool as a Beat around

Blind as a

Crystal

Dead as a

Light as a

Like a bull

Nutty as a Playing with

Use figures of speech with care Similes & metaphors


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How are the rules for wordy sentences,appropriate language, and exact words

broken?

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The writer who breedsmore words than he

needs, is making achore for the reader

who reads.-Dr. Seuss


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Annotated bibliography rough draft Annotation

Summary paragraphs

Critique paragraphs

(repeat this process for each source)

Read Chapter 3 (Thesis, introduction,

conclusion)

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