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Chapter 8: Reading, Writing, and Presenting - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Think about the purpose of reading and proceed accordingly.
        
        Reading sometimes requires us to stop and think about what we read and digest the information. The point of reading is to understand what you are reading.
    - - Figure out what reading challenges one has and focus on how to fix them
        
        Reading challenges can be caused by physical factors and psychological factors.
    - - get to know the author and or book more by having a conversation
        
        argue with the authors, question them, agree with them, relate with something they said
        
        making commentary in the book or just annotating
    - - dig deeper into the text and try to understand more about what is going on or what they are trying to say
    - - Reading requires a certain level of cultural literacy
    - - the things that you have trouble with need more attention and practice makes perfect
    - - learn the terms and vocabulary for a topic or class such as a biology and or math
    - - if you do not understand something it is better to ask for help or for a demonstration
    - - Find a reading method that works for you based on what type of reading you are
- - - - use the thesaurus to find a word that sounds good for your essay
    - - Provide enough background information so the audience knows what is going on
    - - Make sure your paper has few to no errors such as grammatical, spelling, and punctuation
    - - be consistent with formatting and use of words or tone
    - - your paper should be interesting and make the audience want to read it
    - - write professionally and don't be cranky or ramble in your writing
    - - support your points with solid evidence to make your writing more persuasive and believable
- - - - what is te purpose of the presentation
    - - Who is the audience?
    - - based on the location, you may want to alter your tone or style
    - - prepare for your speech and paraphrase your slides
    - - make sure you have everything that you need such as a projector, plug in, flash drive, etc
    - - connect with the audience, let your personality show when you are presenting, act natural and be yourself
    - - practice your presentation, don't read the whole presentation, instead paraphrase the slides, learn from your past presentation and what you could work on