{"id":402,"date":"2017-07-06T20:29:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writing100\/?post_type=chapter&p=402"},"modified":"2017-10-26T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T22:12:10","slug":"outcome-evaluate-strategies-for-retaining-new-words","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/chapter\/outcome-evaluate-strategies-for-retaining-new-words\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Vocabulary-Building Reading Strategies","rendered":"Introduction to Vocabulary-Building Reading Strategies"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: use context clues and other reading strategies to learn and retain new words<\/h2>\r\n
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. \u2013 Philip K. Dick<\/blockquote>\r\nOne of the key distinctions between college-level reading and reading you have done for school before is the much wider breadth and broader scope of college reading. Being well-read helps you be a better critical thinker in the long run. In this section, you\u2019ll learn some specific strategies for helping you build your vocabulary.\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ve probably taken hundreds of vocabulary quizzes and tests before coming to college. Well, put your mind at ease: we aren\u2019t going to ask you to memorize lists of SAT words. This section focuses on how you can approach reading tasks methodically to expand your vocabulary along the way. It goes without saying that the more you read, the more words you will learn. However, in addition to just upping your reading load, context clues<\/strong> and word parts<\/strong> can help you build your vocabulary.\r\n\r\nFinally, you will learn the best methods for dealing with specialized<\/strong> or technical vocabulary<\/strong>. In college, you\u2019ll probably take classes about topics and concepts you don\u2019t know anything about. Reading rhetorically (and strategically) can help ensure that you get the most out of those courses.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: use context clues and other reading strategies to learn and retain new words<\/h2>\n

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. \u2013 Philip K. Dick<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the key distinctions between college-level reading and reading you have done for school before is the much wider breadth and broader scope of college reading. Being well-read helps you be a better critical thinker in the long run. In this section, you\u2019ll learn some specific strategies for helping you build your vocabulary.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably taken hundreds of vocabulary quizzes and tests before coming to college. Well, put your mind at ease: we aren\u2019t going to ask you to memorize lists of SAT words. This section focuses on how you can approach reading tasks methodically to expand your vocabulary along the way. It goes without saying that the more you read, the more words you will learn. However, in addition to just upping your reading load, context clues<\/strong> and word parts<\/strong> can help you build your vocabulary.<\/p>\n

Finally, you will learn the best methods for dealing with specialized<\/strong> or technical vocabulary<\/strong>. In college, you\u2019ll probably take classes about topics and concepts you don\u2019t know anything about. Reading rhetorically (and strategically) can help ensure that you get the most out of those courses.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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