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reading strategies and the difference between analysis and description.  These items will prepare you for the next writing assignment. You will need a research article from your field TBD in class, further.  

Paragraph guidance

Here are MS Word two handouts that we use to think about paragraph elements.

Paragraph Definition: think Architectures

Paragraph Types (samples from the field, clipped, complete with some errors. Be careful about what you post on the web.)

One of Aristotle's canons for writing is ARRANGEMENT.  The order and "chunking" of information matters very much for reader cognition and receptivity to what you write. 

Now: reading strategy resources:

Be aware of the difference between description work in writing and analysis work in writing (practice this in your reading, in all your classes).

Description/Analysis examples (in Google doc, with links. Please read links, too) 

My one-page adaptation (Google doc) of KE's reading strategies guide.

Check out Raul Pachego Vega’s excellent blog/website, with this set of resources for undergraduate students 

• Reading strategies

• Note taking strategies