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Table of Contents

Academic Reading Strategies
Reading Actively
Mapping Texts
Annotating Texts
Analyzing Critical Questions

Modes of Academic Writing
Expository Paragraph Patterns: Pattern 1 and Pattern 2
Primary and Secondary Development within Paragraphs
Resolving Wordiness in Expository Drafts
Writing Summaries
Writing Paraphrases
About Introductions and Conclusions
Citing and Documenting Sources
Editing Your Drafts

Strategies for Argumentation in Expository Writing
Using Anecdotes
Refutation of Arguments in Academic Essays
Framing Your "Voice" in Argumentation

Essay Patterns
Writing the Single-Source Argumentative Essay
Writing the Multiple Source Argumentative Essay

Using On-line Sources
About the Internet and the World Wide Web
Internet Resources for Studies in Academic Writing
Evaluating and Selecting Online Sources
Documenting and Citing Online Sources

Instructions for Completing the Exercises for Unit 3
Click here for a list of each assignment and links to the supporting documents.

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