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Critical Reading for College and Beyond

Critical Reading for College and Beyond. CHAPTER EIGHT. CHAPTER GOALS After learning Chapter 8, you should be able to demonstrate :. The different methods of textbook organization. Your understanding of words that signal the different methods.

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Critical Reading for College and Beyond

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  1. Critical Reading for College and Beyond CHAPTER EIGHT

  2. CHAPTER GOALSAfter learning Chapter 8, you should be able to demonstrate: • The different methods of textbook organization. • Your understanding of words that signal the different methods. • Techniques that will help you identify, organize, and remember textbook methods of organization.

  3. Why Authors Use Methods of Organization • Presents information in a logical format. • Presents information that suits the subject matter and goals. • Helps readers make sense of what they are reading and helps them remember the content.

  4. Organizational Patterns • Listing • Analysis • Cause/Effect • Comparison/Contrast • Definition/Example • Sequence

  5. What Are OWCs? • OWCs are organizational word clues. • These word clues alert you to the twists and turns in the path of an author’s thinking. • They help you to determine the level of importance of an author’s ideas. • They indicate the overall organization of written text.

  6. Examples of OWCs • Listing: first, second, first of all, finally • Analysis: features, types, properties, factors, findings • Cause/Effect: since, reasons, affect, thus, causes, if…then

  7. Examples of OWCs • Comparison/Contrast: however, on the other hand, like, but, yet, different from, in other words, similar to • Definition/Example: defined as, another meaning, is, also referred to as • Sequence: first, steps, procedures, events, rules, process, order of events

  8. Organizational Word Clues (OWCs) Listing Analysis Cause/Effect Comparison/Contrast Defintion/Example Sequence Chapter Vocabulary

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