Writing and reading across the curriculum

Synopsis

** mark new chapters or readings.   I.   SUMMARY, SYNTHESIS, CRITIQUE, AND ANALYSIS. 1. Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation.   What is Summary? Can a Summary Be Objective? Using the Summary. The Reading Process. How to Write Summaries. Demonstration:   Summary. Summarizing a Narrative or Personal Essay. Summarizing Figures and Tables. Paraphrase. Quotations. Avoiding Plagiarism.   2. Critical Reading and Critique.   Critical Reading. Critique. Demonstration: Critique.   3. Writing as Process.   Introductions, Theses, and Conclusions. Writing Introductions. Writing a Thesis. Writing Conclusions.   4. Explanatory Synthesis.   What Is a Synthesis? Purpose. Using Your Sources. Types of Synthesis: Explanatory and Argument. How to Write Syntheses. The Explanatory Synthesis. Demonstration: Explanatory Synthesis: Computers, Communication, and Relationships.   5. Argument Synthesis.   What is an Argument Synthesis? Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis: Volunteering in America. Developing and Organizing Support for Your Arguments. The Comparison-Contrast Synthesis. Summary of Synthesis.   6. **Analysis.   What Is an Analysis? Demonstration of Analysis. How to Write Analyses. Writing Assignment: Analysis. Analysis: A Tool for Understanding.   7. Locating, Mining, and Citing Sources.