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Fifth Prompt

According to Hjortshoj a predatory reader is one who views reading as a peaceful, pleasurable activity that transports us to other times and places, other ways of viewing the world. Adapting predatory reading skills is very important in college, as your going to be assigned a variety of articles, books, and other reading assignments, which will be discussed throughout classes. If you acquire the skills of a predatory reader, you'll often find yourself easily going through the different reading assignment's, instead of being bored with the material and not reading it. Once these skills become an automatic thought in the mind, you'll have a different feeling about reading, and you'll be comfortable reading the assigned passages. The ability to maintain the skills of a predatory reader is a significant asset in college, to ensure your understanding of the class readings for lectures, discussions, and other class activities. In chapter five, Hjortshoj goes into detail about his five catagories of the writing process. The first catagory of the writing process is the prewriting stage. This stage includes the period of "brainstorming", writing down notes, and gathering your sources needed to write the paper. The second category in the writing process is known as the composing stage. In the composing stage, writers begin to develop their ideas into sentences, in the goal of writing their first rough draft. The third category in the writing process includes the editing and proofreading stage, where the writer looks over their first rough draft to eliminate any errors or mistakes. The writer also begins their writing of a second rough draft during this stage, that includes good ideas captured from the first rough draft, and combines new ideas. The final catagory of the writing process is the release portion. This segment, is also known as when the writer turns in their final paper. It may be an acceptable time to write a one draft paper in certain instances, such as responding to a question prompt in class. It's often not advised to write only one draft for a paper, as it can have many negative factors included. First off, a first draft is usually just the information that is introduced, it's not a full complex response to the question or prompt. Often the more time your connected with the topic at hand, the more familiar you become with the writing style, and the more clear your essay becomes. This concludes, that the first draft of writing, isn't your best effort on the writing assignment.

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