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literate adj: to be able to read and write
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WRITING WITH PURPOSE 4 TYPES OF WRITING
Descriptive, Narrative, Persuasive, Expository
2 DIVISIONS OF WRITING Commercial, Literary
4 STYLES OF WRITING Creative, Journalism, Copy, Technical
PURPOSE and AUDIENCE DETERMINE:
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PURPOSEFUL READING Processing written information accurately is important to critical thinking, because poor
comprehension can lead to poor conclusions.
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READING STRATEGIES:
SKIMMING – looking for main ideas SCANNING – Skimming plus ACTIVE READING – Skim, read, make notes SQ3R – Skim, question, read, recite, review
WORLD LITERACY RATES
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2010 Population – 6.8 billion 2010 World Literacy Rate – 85%
99-100% 95-98.9% 90-94.9% 80-89.9% < 80%
Source: www.world.bymap.org
because how you say it is important …
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