True or false? Division is sorting—dividing something into its basic parts, such as a home into rooms. Classification, grouping items together, moves in the opposite direction, from many subgroups to a single, large category.

Compare and contrast the works of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. What is each man’s overall strategy, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of each?

True or false: Thinking about causes and effects is not only part of human nature but also an advanced mental process and the basis for most decisions we make in life. 

True or false: Like description, narration is sometimes used as an end in itself; but very often it’s used in conjunction with explaining or persuading.

What problems does W. E. B. Du Bois attribute to Booker T. Washington in The Souls of Black Folk? How does Du Bois propose to address those issues?

In Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” how does the author manipulate time and the reader’s expectations throughout the story?

True or false? Whatever the topic, if you write about it as you are studying, you will decrease your chances of learning it.

Is this all true? Some of the most common purposes for assigning writing from the professor’s point of view are: To help students engage as fully as possible in the course content To guide students toward the important concepts in the course To teach students how to think critically about the course content To fill up class time with meaningless busywork To help students discover their own insights on specific topics To let students demonstrate what they understand from readings and lectures To encourage independent thinking

True? If you quote, paraphrase, or summarize from another source, you must provide your reader with information about that source, such as the author’s name, the title of the book or essay, and the year it was written. Whenever you use other people’s words or ideas without giving them credit, you are plagiarizing.

True or false? To summarize, state the author’s main idea in your own words. A summary is much briefer than the original or a paraphrase. As with a direct quote, you need to furnish the details of your original source.