The Critical Thinking Process
What are the 5Ws + H?
Who, What, Where, When , Why, & How
This sentence introduces the subject of an essay or passage.
General Topic Sentence.
How does the Rule of 3 applies to body paragraphs?
1. At least three body paragraphs in an essay, and/or
2. At least three details in a body paragraph.
What do you call a sentence that contains the author's most important point in a reading passage?
Directly stated main idea sentence.
This answers the question "So what?" for the reader.
The conclusion.
Breaking a subject down into its parts in order to better understand it.
This sentence names - but does not explain - the supporting ideas of that essay or passage.
Summary of Details Sentence.
True or False: The clincher sentence contains the same main idea as the topic sentence in a paragraph.
True! You restate the main idea, but it needs to be the same one.
Implied main idea sentence.
What are at least three elements to writing an effective email to faculty?
Subject Line, Greetings, BLUF approach, tone, Closing
What is INFERENCE?
Drawing conclusions about a subject based on the information at hand as well as your own personal experience and background.
This sentence captures the reader's attention and gets them thinking about the topic of the essay.
The Hook.
The Follow Up Detail Sentence.
What are the steps in the SQR3 reading strategy?
(MUST BE IN ORDER)
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
Name three support programs offered at NCC to help students be successful.
REAL, TRIO, Tutoring Services
What is SYNTHESIS?
The thesis presents the author's most important point about the topic of the essay while the topic sentence presents the most important point within a paragraph.
This word or phrase shows the relationship of one detail to the other(s).
What is a TRANSITION?
Prefix is a word part that is attached to the beginning of a root word and affects its meaning; the suffix does the same but goes at the end of the root.
Class begins at 10:00am. Your bus commute is 20 minutes without traffic and you live 10 minutes away from the bus stop when it's nice out.
At what time should you leave home to be at class on time?
Any answer before 9:20am works.
What is EVALUATION?
What are the parts of an introduction? Must be in order.
Hook, GenTS, Thesis, SumDS
How many sentences will be present in a MINIMALLY developed and organized body paragraph?
8:
1x Topic Sentence
6x Details Sentences (3xLOFs, 3xFUPs)
1x Clincher
This term refers to the implied meaning of a word.
Connotation
What's My Office Number?
W209