Introduction to College Composition

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Introduction to College Composition focuses on helping students practice and strengthen the basic concepts and skills of the writing process: critical reading; process-based writing; research and documentation; and practical grammar and mechanics. An optional module introduces “college success” strategies that help students understand and develop good habits to improve their performance in this and other college courses.

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Subjects
Humanities, Composition
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Reading
  7. 1: Types of Reading Material
  8. 1.1: Introduction: Reading
  9. 1.2: Outcome: Types of Reading Material
  10. 1.3: Comparing Genres, Example 1
  11. 1.4: Comparing Genres, Example 2
  12. 1.5: Comparing Genres, Example 3
  13. 1.6: Comparing Genres, Example 4
  14. 1.7: Comparing Genres, Example 5
  15. 1.8: Comparing Genres, Conclusion
  16. 1.9: Self Check: Types of Reading
  17. 2: Reading Strategies
  18. 2.1: Outcome: Reading Strategies
  19. 2.2: Rhetorical Context
  20. 2.3: Previewing
  21. 2.4: Active Reading
  22. 2.5: Summarizing
  23. 2.6: Reviewing
  24. 2.7: Self Check: Reading Strategies
  25. 3: Specialized Reading Strategies
  26. 3.1: Outcome: Specialized Reading Strategies
  27. 3.2: Online Reading Tips
  28. 3.3: How to Read Effectively in the Sciences
  29. 3.4: How to Read Effectively in the Social Sciences
  30. 3.5: How to Read Effectively in Math
  31. 3.6: Reading Tables and Graphs
  32. 3.7: Self Check: Specialized Reading Strategies
  33. 4: Vocabulary
  34. 4.1: Outcome: Vocabulary
  35. 4.2: Context Clues
  36. 4.3: Structural Analysis
  37. 4.4: Using Reference Tools
  38. 4.5: How to Increase Your Vocabulary
  39. 4.6: Self Check: Vocabulary
  40. 5: Thesis
  41. 5.1: Outcome: Thesis
  42. 5.2: Explicit Versus Implicit Thesis Statements
  43. 5.3: Thesis and Topic Sentences
  44. 5.4: Self Check: Thesis
  45. 6: Supporting Claims
  46. 6.1: Outcome: Supporting Claims
  47. 6.2: Point, Illustration, Explanation
  48. 6.3: Logos, Ethos, Pathos
  49. 6.4: Self Check: Supporting Claims
  50. 7: Logic and Structure
  51. 7.1: An Overview of the Rhetorical Modes
  52. 7.2: Organizational Patterns
  53. 7.3: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
  54. 7.4: Logical Fallacies
  55. 7.5: Self Check: Logic and Structure
  56. 7.6: Logic and Structure
  57. 8: Summary Skills
  58. 8.1: Outcome: Summary Skills
  59. 8.2: Annotation
  60. 8.3: Paraphrasing a Thesis Statement
  61. 8.4: Using Quotations in a Summary
  62. 8.5: Summarizing Main Ideas and Details
  63. 8.6: Self Check: Summary Skills
  64. 8.7: Conclusion: Critical Reading
  65. Writing Process
  66. 9: Topic Selection
  67. 9.1: Why It Matters: Writing Process
  68. 9.2: Outcome: Topic Selection
  69. 9.3: Problems as Process
  70. 9.4: Strategies for Narrowing a Topic
  71. 9.5: Self Check: Topic Selection
  72. 10: Prewriting
  73. 10.1: Outcome: Prewriting
  74. 10.2: Prewriting Strategies
  75. 10.3: Rhetorical Situation
  76. 10.4: Working Thesis Statement
  77. 10.5: Self Check: Prewriting
  78. 11: Finding Evidence
  79. 11.1: Outcome: Finding Evidence
  80. 11.2: Selecting Evidence
  81. 11.3: Applying Evidence
  82. 11.4: Self Check: Finding Evidence
  83. 12: Organizing
  84. 12.1: Outcome: Organizing
  85. 12.2: Types of Essays and Suggested Structures
  86. 12.3: Evolution of the Thesis Statement
  87. 12.4: Toulmin’s Schema
  88. 12.5: Paragraph Structure
  89. 12.6: Self Check: Organizing
  90. 13: Drafting
  91. 13.1: Outcome: Drafting
  92. 13.2: The First Draft is the Ugliest
  93. 13.3: Moving From Outline to Draft
  94. 13.4: Revising and Writing a Second Draft
  95. 13.5: Self Check: Drafting
  96. 14: Revising
  97. 14.1: Outcome: Revising
  98. 14.2: Revising Drafts
  99. 14.3: Peer Review
  100. 14.4: Concerns About Revision
  101. 14.5: Self Check: Revising
  102. 15: Proofreading
  103. 15.1: Outcome: Proofreading
  104. 15.2: Proof Reading
  105. 15.3: Why and How to Proofread
  106. 15.4: Approaching Precision
  107. 15.5: Self Check: Proofreading
  108. 15.6: Conclusion: Writing Process
  109. Research
  110. 16: Finding Sources
  111. 16.1: Why It Matters: Research Process
  112. 16.2: Outcome: Finding Sources
  113. 16.3: Preliminary Research Strategies
  114. 16.4: The Research Process
  115. 16.5: Level Up Your Google Game
  116. 16.6: Intermediate Research Strategies
  117. 16.7: Finding Books
  118. 16.8: Advanced Search Strategies
  119. 16.9: Library Databases
  120. 16.10: How to Search Databases
  121. 16.11: Self Check: Finding Sources
  122. 17: Source Analysis
  123. 17.1: Outcome: Source Analysis
  124. 17.2: Reading and Using Your Sources
  125. 17.3: Evaluating Sources
  126. 17.4: Evaluating Websites
  127. 17.5: Synthesizing Sources
  128. 17.6: Self Check: Source Analysis
  129. 18: Writing Ethically
  130. 18.1: Outcome: Writing Ethically
  131. 18.2: Academic Integrity
  132. 18.3: Defining Plagiarism
  133. 18.4: Avoiding Plagiarism
  134. 18.5: Using Sources in Your Writing
  135. 18.6: Self Check: Writing Ethically
  136. 19: MLA Documentation
  137. 19.1: Outcome: MLA Documentation
  138. 19.2: Introduction to MLA Documentation
  139. 19.3: MLA Document Formatting
  140. 19.4: MLA Works Cited
  141. 19.5: Creating MLA Citations
  142. 19.6: MLA In-Text Citations
  143. 19.7: Self Check: MLA Documentation
  144. 19.8: Conclusion: Research Process
  145. 19.9: Supplementary Resource: MLA Citation Formatting
  146. Grammar
  147. 20: Nouns and Pronouns
  148. 20.1: Why It Matters: Grammar
  149. 20.2: Outcome: Nouns and Pronouns
  150. 20.3: Nouns
  151. 20.4: Categories of Nouns
  152. 20.5: Pronouns
  153. 20.6: Pronoun Cases
  154. 20.7: Pronoun Antecedents
  155. 20.8: Self Check: Nouns and Pronouns
  156. 20.9: Try It: Nouns and Pronouns
  157. 21: Verbs
  158. 21.1: Outcome: Verbs
  159. 21.2: Verb Types
  160. 21.3: Simple Verb Tenses
  161. 21.4: Verb Agreement
  162. 21.5: Non-Finite Verbs
  163. 21.6: Advanced Verb Tenses
  164. 21.7: Self Check: Verbs
  165. 21.8: Try It: Verbs
  166. 22: Other Parts of Speech
  167. 22.1: Outcome: Other Parts of Speech
  168. 22.2: Adjectives
  169. 22.3: Adverbs
  170. 22.4: Comparing Adjectives and Adverbs
  171. 22.5: Conjunctions
  172. 22.6: Prepositions
  173. 22.7: Articles
  174. 22.8: Self Check: Other Parts of Speech
  175. 22.9: Try It: Other Parts of Speech
  176. 23: Punctuation
  177. 23.1: Outcome: Punctuation
  178. 23.2: End Punctuation
  179. 23.3: Commas
  180. 23.4: Semicolons and Colons
  181. 23.5: Hyphens and Dashes
  182. 23.6: Apostrophes
  183. 23.7: Quotation Marks
  184. 23.8: Parentheses and Brackets
  185. 23.9: Ellipses
  186. 23.10: Self Check: Punctuation
  187. 23.11: Try It: Punctuation
  188. 24: Sentence Structure
  189. 24.1: Outcome: Sentence Structure
  190. 24.2: Parts of a Sentence
  191. 24.3: Common Sentence Patterns
  192. 24.4: Run-on Sentences
  193. 24.5: Sentence Fragments
  194. 24.6: Parallel Structure
  195. 24.7: Self Check: Sentence Structure
  196. 24.8: Try It - Sentence Structure
  197. 25: Voice
  198. 25.1: Outcome: Voice
  199. 25.2: Active and Passive Voice
  200. 25.3: Using the Passive Voice
  201. 25.4: Self Check: Voice
  202. 25.5: Try It: Voice
  203. 25.6: Conclusion: Grammar
  204. Success Skills
  205. 26.1: Introduction to Success Skills
  206. 26.2: Habits for Success
  207. 26.3: Critical Thinking
  208. 26.4: Time Management
  209. 26.5: Writing in College
  210. 26.6: Computer-Based Writing
  211. 26.7: Conclusion to Success Skills
  212. Back Matter
  213. Index
  214. Glossary
  215. Detailed Licensing