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Reading and Writing Skills - Coggle Diagram
Reading and Writing Skills
Reading Process and Strategies
Skimming
look for the main point of reading
Scanning
looking for specific information
Previewing
looking and trying to understand the visible parts of the text
Identifying and Analyzing Claims
Claims or the central argument
explanations
evidence
providing details
Critical Reading as Reasoning
Assertions
declarative sentences that claim something is true about something else
Fact
can be proven objectively by direct experience, testimonies of witnesses, verified observations, or the result of research
Convention
a way in which something is done, similar to norms and traditions
Opinion
difficult to objectively verify because of the uncertainty of producing satisfactory
proofs of soundness
Pre-Writing Strategies
Clustering or Mapping
writing a word or phrase at the center of the page and encircle it, this becomes your main topic
Free writing
uses the force of narration to draw
a stream of connected ideas out of the writer's mind
Brainstorming
listing down anything that comes into your mind as fast as you can for a certain amount of time