Course Contents at a Glance
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The following list shows a summary of the topics covered in this course. To see all of the course pages, visit the Table of Contents.
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Module 1: Success Skills
- Habits for Success
- Time Management
- Communication and Professionalism
- Critical Thinking
- Reflection
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Module 2: Reading Strategies
- Reading Strategies
- Specialized Reading Strategies
- Rhetorical Context
- Vocabulary
- Types of Reading Material
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Module 3: Writing Essentials
- Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences
- Effective Paragraphs
- Audience Awareness
- Writing Strong Sentences
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Module 4: Writing in College
- Writing in College
- Writing Essays
- Technology in Writing
- Multimodality
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Module 5: Grammar Essentials
- Punctuation: end punctuation, hyphens, dashes, parentheses, brackets, and ellipses
- Apostrophes and Quotation Marks
- Semicolons and Colons
- Commas
- Complete Sentences
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Module 6: The Writing Process
- Topic Selection
- Prewriting
- Finding Evidence
- Organizing
- Drafting
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Module 7: The Writing Process—Revising and Proofreading
- Revising Drafts
- Revising for Content and Structure
- Editing and Proofreading
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Module 8: Analysis and Synthesis
- Analysis as Critical Thinking
- Keys to Successful Analysis
- Types of Analysis
- Synthesis
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Module 9: Academic Argument
- Argumentative Essays Statements
- Logical Arguments
- Modes of Persuasion
- Logical Fallacies
- Counterarguments
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Module 10: Research—Finding and Evaluating Sources
- The Research Process
- Finding Sources
- Source Analysis
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Module 11: Research—Using Sources
- Integrating Source Material
- Writing Ethically
- Quoting
- MLA Documentation
- APA Documentation
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Module 12: Grammar Basics
- Nouns and Pronouns
- Verbs
- Parts of Speech
- Sentence Structure
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