Monday, June 25, 2007

Critical Reading for College and Beyond [Chapter 8]

Textbook Methods of Organization
Chapter 8


Exercise 8a)

Listing

Topic: Reasons to dump your doctor
Main Idea: Doctor hospitality
Question: What is one reason to ditch your doctor?
Visual representation: - mumbo jumbo
- defensive
- questions
- rude staff


Exercise 8b)

Analysis

Topic: Armed forces is designed to kill people and break things.
Main Idea: To make sure we have the best army.
Question #1: What is the point of the author?
Question #2: What is the main reason for the author?


Exercise 8c)

Cause/ Effect

Topic:
Science experience with mice
Main Idea: The experiment proving the pneumococcus cells was present in the dead mice system
Question #1: What did Fred Griffith discover?
Question #2: What is the explanation given on why pneumococcus cells were presented in the dead mouse bodies?
Visual representation: mouse à smooth cells, pneumonia, pneumococcus


Exercise 8d)

Comparison/ Contrast

Topic: Store sales versus door-to-door sales
Main Idea: Consumers who buy from door-to-door sales usually have second thoughts whereas they know what they’re buying when walking into a store.
Question #1: Why does a door-to-door salesman have advantage over store sales?
Question #2: Why would you think it would be better for a consumer to buy from a store?
Visual representation : Contract Store; - prepared, consumer moves first
Contract door to door: salesman moves first


Exercise 8e)

Definition/ Examples

Topic: Psychologists treatments
Main Idea: Psychologist using placebo in control groups.
Question #1: What is a placebo?
Visual representation: Placebo à pill, drug, other substance without any significant chemical properties or active ingredient


Exercise 8f)

Sequence

Topic: Basic steps for digital computer systems
Main Idea: Function of the computer system
Question #1: What methods or instructions are needed for a computer to perform calculations?
Question #2: What are the basic steps of the computer system?
Visual representation: - input
- memory or storage
- control
- processing
- output

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