Getting Smarter through Language
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Introduction, Overview, and Objectives
1.0 Dealing with Vocabulary in reading
1.1 Figuring out the meaning of words while reading
1.2 Using antonyms and synonyms as context clues
1.3 Using definitions and examples as context clues
1.4 Using the general sense, experience, and inference as context clues
1.5 Words with multiple meanings
1.6 Using word roots and affixes as context clues
2.0 Anatomy of a paragraph—How a paragraph is written
2.1 Main ideas and supporting details as patterns of information
2.2 Location of the main idea sentence in the paragraph
2.3 Stated and implied main ideas
2.4 Main ideas in storytelling
3.0 Transition words and relationships between ideas
4.0 Modes of writing
4.1 Modes of organization
4.2 Differences between print and online texts
5.0 Skimming and scanning as study skills
6.0 Note-taking and annotating as study skills
7.0 Outlining as a study skill
8.1 Summarizing paragraphs and passages as a study skill
8.2 Synthesizing the information in the text as a study skill
9.1 Figures of speech
9.2 Named figures of speech
10.0 The writer’s purpose
11.0 The writer’s point of view
12.0 The writer’s tone and attitude
13.0 The Writer’s bias
14.0 Function of sentences and paragraphs
15.0 Critical thinking in reading
16.0 Evaluating the sources
17.1 Evaluating the evidence
17.2 Fact, opinion, and speculation
17.3 Facts and false claims
17.4 Understanding the data when reading
18.1 Analyzing the argument
18.2 Argument and counter-argument
19.0 Going beyond the written text
