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earning skills of critical evaluation of material and anization of ideas in ways not fostered in the typical American university. ? Since all education at Oxford is highly individualized ? the exact courses are worked out jointly by the Oxford academic advisor, the student, and the tutor ? There is no Oxford course catalog. ? Aladdin ? genie ? Lamp and ring ? H. G. Wells ? James Smithson ? Statue monument of James Smithson ? Institute Thanks to James Smithson II. Introduction to the Passage ? 1. Type of literature: ? a piece of exposition Introduction to the Passage ? 2. The purpose of a piece of exposition: ? to inform or explain Introduction to the Passage ? 3. Ways of developing the thesis of a piece of exposition: ? parison, contrast, analogy, identification, illustration, analysis, definition, etc. Introduction to the Passage ? 4. The central thought or thesis III . Effective Writing Skills ? 1. making effective use of specific verbs and adjectives ? 2. employing various methods to make the science writing understandable and interesting IV . Rhetorical Devices ?