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** social media and other technological challenges to modern society | ** social media and other technological challenges to modern society | ||
** libraries, academics, and information technology | ** libraries, academics, and information technology | ||
== Comprehending difficult text == | |||
=== reading skills practice === | |||
* break down complex sentences | |||
** identify main clause (subject- verb) | |||
** identify modifiers (relative clauses, prepositional phrases, etc. | |||
** identify parenthetical phrases | |||
** work on connecting multiple independent clauses and identifying the overall meaning of the sentence | |||
* identify perspective shifts: | |||
** when the author speaks for someone oneself | |||
*** to set up an opposing argument for refutation | |||
*** or to characterize an opponent's position | |||
* identify and practice building context around transition words | |||
** rhetorical questions | |||
*** author speaking to the audience | |||
*** challenging an opposite perspective/ claim/s | |||
*** supporting author claim/s | |||
* transition words | |||
** for contrast | |||
** for introduction of ideas | |||
** for drawing conclusion | |||
== Comprehending long or complex sentences == | == Comprehending long or complex sentences == | ||