Reading Skills for College Students

by Hancock, Ophelia H.

• ISBN13: 9780130222725
• ISBN10: 0130222720
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Prentice Hall is proud to present the seventh edition of READING SKILLS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. Thousands of students have used this successful text to improve their vocabulary, comprehension, reading rate and test taking. Unlike many other texts, this READING SKILLS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS serves as an excellent resource for the rest of students'college careers by providing instruction on reading in six different major content areas. The author has included specific chapters on reading for: Literature, History Psychology Biology Computers and Data Processing Business

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
PART ONE READING SKILLS
Context Clues	1	(22)
Building Your Vocabulary	1	(1)
Using Context Clues	2	(20)
Context Clues	5	(10)
Context Clues	15	(4)
Context Clues	19	(3)
Suggestions for Further Study	22	(1)
Structural Analysis	23	(20)
Using Root Words	23	(4)
Using Prefixes	27	(2)
Using Suffixes	29	(13)
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes	31	(4)
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes	35	(7)
Suggestions for Further Study	42	(1)
Dictionary Skills	43	(10)
Using the Dictionary	43	(9)
Using the Dictionary	48	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	52	(1)
Main Ideas	53	(26)
Reading with Comprehension	53	(1)
Finding Main Ideas	54	(24)
Finding Main Ideas	60	(3)
Finding Main Ideas	63	(11)
Expressing Main Ideas	74	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	78	(1)
Details	79	(18)
Major and Minor Details	79	(17)
Finding Major and Minor Details	83	(8)
Finding Details	91	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	96	(1)
Signal Words	97	(6)
Understanding Signal Words	97	(5)
Identifying Signal Words	100	(2)
Suggestions for Further Study	102	(1)
Organizational Patterns	103	(14)
Understanding Organizational Patterns	103	(12)
Organizational Patterns	108	(7)
Suggestions for Further Study	115	(2)
Inferences	117	(22)
Drawing Inferences	117	(21)
Inferences	119	(6)
Inferences	125	(8)
Inferences	133	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	138	(1)
Critical Reading	139	(26)
Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating	139	(24)
Fact and Opinion	144	(2)
Critical Evaluation	146	(7)
Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating	153	(5)
Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating	158	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	163	(2)
Graphics	165	(24)
Understanding Graphics	165	(22)
Exercise 21: nterpreting Graphics	174	(13)
Suggestions for Further Study	187	(2)
Rate	189	(10)
Rate and Comprehension	189	(1)
The Reading Process	190	(3)
Flexibility in Rate	193	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	197	(2)
Study Skills	199	(16)
Making Adjustments	199	(1)
Time Management	200	(2)
Psychological Factors	202	(1)
Study Environment	203	(1)
A Study Plan	204	(2)
Test Taking	206	(3)
Learning Resources	209	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	213	(2)
PART TWO READING IN THE CONTENT AREA
Literature	215	(18)
Studying Literature	215	(2)
``Livvie,''	217	(15)
Eudora Welty
Exercise 22	228	(4)
Suggestions for Further Study	232	(1)
History	233	(16)
Studying History	233	(2)
``The Gulf War''	235	(13)
Exercise 23	243	(5)
Suggestions for Further Study	248	(1)
Political Science	249	(20)
Studying Political Science	249	(2)
``The Presidency''	251	(16)
Exercise 24	261	(6)
Suggestions for Further Study	267	(2)
Psychology	269	(12)
Studying Psychology	269	(2)
``Measuring Intelligence''	271	(9)
Exercise 25	277	(3)
Suggestions for Further Study	280	(1)
Biology	281	(14)
Studying Biology	281	(2)
``Immunity''	283	(11)
Exercise 26	291	(3)
Suggestions for Further Study	294	(1)
Computer Science And Data Processing	295	(124)
Studying Computer Science and Data Processing	295	(2)
``Using Computers''	297	(13)
Exercise 27	307	(3)
Suggestions for Further Study	310	(1)
PART THREE READING SELECTIONS
SELECTION ONE
``Are We Tolerating More Dishonesty?''	311	(6)
Barbara Zigli
Exercise 28	313	(4)
SELECTION TWO
``I'm Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge,''	317	(6)
Adrienne Popper
Exercise 29	319	(4)
SELECTION THREE
``Wildlife on Main Street,''	323	(4)
susan Gilbert
Exercise 30	324	(3)
SELECTION FOUR
``Hard Times,''	327	(8)
Norman Strung
Exercise 31	330	(5)
SELECTION FIVE
``The Open Window,''	335	(6)
Saki (H. H. Munro)
Exercise 32	337	(4)
SELECTION SIX
``In the Blink of an Eye,''	341	(8)
Shawna Vogel
Exercise 33	344	(5)
SELECTION SEVEN
``The Chaser,''	349	(6)
John Collier
Exercise 34	351	(4)
SELECTION EIGHT
``They Dared Cocaine-And Lost,''	355	(12)
Henry Hurt
Exercise 35	361	(6)
SELECTION NINE
``The Necklace,''	367	(12)
Guy de Maupassant
Edgar V. Roberts
Exercise 36	374	(5)
SELECTION TEN
``One Good Turn,''	379	(8)
Witold Rybczynski
Exercise 37	381	(6)
SELECTION ELEVEN
``A Worn Path,''	387	(14)
Eudora Welty
Exercise 38	394	(7)
SELECTION TWELVE
``The Last Visit,''	401	(4)
James Baldwin
Exercise 39	402	(3)
SELECTION THIRTEEN
``The Attic of the Brain,''	405	(9)
Lewis Thomas
Exercise 40	408	(6)
SELECTION FOURTEEN
``The Pedestrian,''	414	(5)
Ray Bradbury
Exercise 41	415	(4)
Index	419