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Preface Preface to the Student An Overview of the Text | |
The Characteristics of Good Readers Online Learning Centers Becoming a First-Rate Reader College Reading Assignments How to Read This Textbook (and other Textbooks) | |
Getting the Most out of This Text Part I reading for Understanding: Practice in Basic Comprehension Skills | |
Building a Foundation: Vocabulary, Annotating, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Improving Your Vocabulary Vocabulary in Perspective Daily Reading and Vocabulary Improvement | |
A Personal Sidenote Further Suggestions for Vocabulary Improvement Using the Dictionary Using Context Clues Annotating | |
Reading with a Pencil in Your Hand Writing Paraphrases Chapter Exercises | |
Mark Stevens, n++Chief Josephn++s Revengen++ | |
Michele Simon, from Appetite for Profit | |
Sandra Mackey, from The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom Practice Essay: Laura Hillendbrand, from Seabiscuit: An American Legend Writing Summaries How to Write a Summary | |
Reading for the Main Idea and Authorn++s | |
Purpose Main Idea in Paragraphs Main Idea and Controlling Idea Placement of the Main Idea Implied Main Ideas Levels of Supportn++Major and Minor Supporting Details The Authorn++s | |
Purpose and Modes of Discourse Narration Description Exposition Persuasion Mixed Modes of Discourse Chapter Exercises | |
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal | |
David Orr, n++Verbiciden++ | |
Jonathon Franzen, n++Sifting the Ashesn++ Practice Essay: Bill Buford n++Among the Thugsn++ | |
On the Web In the Video Store | |
Reading Between the Lines: Making Accurate Inferences Facts and Inferences Definition of Inferences Problems with Inferences Using Evidence to Make Inferences Making Open-Ended Inferences | |
Making Inferences in Textbook Material Making Inferences in Literature Making Inference with Visual Material Cartoons Graphs and Charts Chapter Exercises | |
n++Good Idean++ Utne | |
Jan Yoors, The Gypsies | |
Diane Ackerman, The Natural History of the Senses Practice Essay | |
n++Design Risingn++ Practice Short Story | |
n++The First Dayn++ Part 2 Discovering Meaning: The Importance of Form | |
Methods of Paragraph Development Modes of Discourse and Methods of Development Compared Methods of Paragraph Developmentn++ | |
The First Group Facts and Statistics Examples and Illustration Illustration in Textbooks Process Comparison and Contrast Contrast in Textbooks Methods of Paragraph Developmentn++ | |
The Second Group Cause and Effect Cause and Effect Relationships in Visual Material Analysis and Classification Analysis in Textbooks Definition Definition in Textbooks Analogy Combination of Methods Chapter Exercises | |
Sam Harris, The End of Faith | |
Daniel Duane, Caught Inside: A Surfern++s year on the California Coast | |
James E. Rosenbaum, n++Itn++s Time to Tell the Kids: If Youd Donn++t Do Well in High School, You Wonn++t Do Well in College (or on the Job)n++ Practice Essay: Richard Selzer, n++The Pen and the Scalpeln++ In the Library | |
Patterns of Paragraph Organization Patterns of Organization Defined Chronological Order Spatial Order Deductive Order Inductive Order Coherence in Paragraphs Achieving Coherence: Transitions Achieving Coherence: repetition of Key Words and Phrases Achieving Coherence: Pronouns Chapter Exercises | |
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World | |
The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom | |
n++The Power of Storyn++ Practice Essay: Conrad | |
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