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The comprehensive guide to reading, understanding, and retaining college-level material

Breaking Through: College Reading — the lower-level book in the Smith/Morris two-book series — motivates readers and equips them with the skills necessary to achieve their academic and career goals. It emphasizes the building of prior knowledge, or schemata, one of the most critical elements in helping developing readers achieve. The use of actual college textbook passages also provides immediate modeling and opportunities to apply study and reading skills at a realistic level.

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Preface

1. Successful Reading

2. Stages of Reading

3. Textbook Learning

4. Vocabulary

5. Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details

6. Supporting Details and Organizational Patterns

7. Inference

8. Analytical Reasoning

9. Critical Reading

10. Surprising Relationships: A Casebook for Applying Reading Skills

Appendix 1 Sample Textbook Chapter

Appendix 2 Word Parts: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

Appendix 3 Spelling Confusing Words

Appendix 4 ESL: Making Sense of Figurative Language and Idioms

Appendix 5 Test-Taking Preparation and Practice

Appendix 6 Practice for Reading Efficiency

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