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What It Takes: Writing in Collegecovers the types of college writing assignments for whichWriting and Reading Across the Curriculumis best known: the summary, the critique, and the synthesis, as well as analysis. This brief, handy guide introduces each of the strategies required for writing successful college papers, and takes students step by step through the process of writing based on source material.

Summary
What Is a Summary?
Can a Summary Be Objective?
Using the Summary
The Reading Process
How to Write Summaries
Demonstration: Summary
Avoiding Plagiarism
Critical Reading and Critique
Critical Reading
Critique
Demonstration: Critique
Practice Critique
Synthesis
What is a Synthesis?
Purpose
Using Your Sources
Types of Syntheses: Argument and Explanatory
How to Write Syntheses
The Argument Synthesis
Demonstration: Developing an Argument Synthesis- Volunteering in America
Developing and Organizing the Support for Your Arguments
The Comparison-and-Contrast Synthesis
The Explanatory Synthesis
Summary
Analysis
What Is an Analysis?Demonstration: Analysis
How to Write Analyses
Analysis: A Tool for Understanding
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What It Takes : Writing in College

What It Takes : Writing in College

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