Reading For Results

by Flemming, Laraine E.

• ISBN13: 9780618391158
• ISBN10: 0618391150
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-19
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The mid-level text of Flemming's successful series, Reading for Results hones students' comprehension skills and introduces them to the basics of critical reading. Featuring the author's trademark high-interest reading selections, this developmental text motivates students to complete numerous exercises and tests, while simultaneously fostering the idea that reading is a stimulating and exciting activity in its own right. Step by step, students learn strategies for improving their vocabulary and using SQ3R, a well-known system for how to effectively survey, question, read, recite, and recall material from college textbooks. Basic reading skills include how to find main ideas; draw inferences; locate supporting details; and understand charts, graphs, and tables. Two chapters are devoted to patterns of development, one on recognizing patterns in paragraphs and one on combining patterns in paragraphs and longer readings. The text's final chapter covers all the basics of critical reading: distinguishing tone; detecting bias; and analyzing arguments for errors in reasoning. New! Due to the growing emphasis on state exit exams, Flemming models both excerpts and exercises after these tests--emphasizing, in particular, the Florida State Exit Exam. New! More multi-paragraph readings prepare students for college-level texts, covering such topics as the founding of Liberia, the triumph of Lance Armstrong, and the painful effects of stereotyping. The Ninth Edition also includes a new sample chapter drawn from a psychology textbook. New! Completely revised, the critical-reading chapter now includes more material on purpose, tone, and bias which play a key role on the Florida exit exam. New! Chapter 5, Inferring Main Ideas, has been revised to include more discussion of inferences and how to draw them. New! Four new multi-page readings, including a lengthy discussion of ethical decision making, a topic explored further in the next book in Flemming's series, Reading for Thinking.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Word Power	1	(40)
Using Context	2	(9)
Example Clues	2	(1)
Contrast Clues	3	(1)
Restatement Clues	3	(2)
General Knowledge Clues	5	(6)
Context Affects Meaning	11	(2)
Searching for Word Parts	13	(2)
Learning Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes	13	(2)
Combining Forces: Context Clues and Word Parts	15	(3)
More Pointers About Specialized Vocabulary	18	(1)
Paragraphs Devoted to Definitions	18	(1)
Checking the Glossary	19	(1)
Connotations and Denotations of Words	19	(4)
Chapter Reading: The Power of Connotation	23	(3)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	26	(3)
Test 2: Using Context Clues	29	(3)
Test 3: Using Context Clues	32	(2)
Test 4: Word Analysis and Context Clues	34	(2)
Test 5: Word Analysis and Context Clues	36	(2)
Test 6: Word Analysis and Context Clues	38	(3)
SQ3R: A System for College Reading	41	(63)
S: Survey Before You Read	42	(4)
The Three Goals of Surveying	43	(1)
Focus Questions	44	(2)
Q: Turn Headings into Questions	46	(2)
Checking Comprehension	46	(1)
Major and Minor Headings	47	(1)
A Note on Who, When, and Where	47	(1)
Use Your Own Experience and Knowledge	47	(1)
R: Read	48	(5)
Read to Answer Your Questions	48	(1)
Make Predictions	49	(1)
Write While You Read	49	(4)
R: Recite	53	(1)
Test Your Understanding	53	(1)
Write Out the Answers	53	(1)
R: Review	54	(2)
Informal Outlining	55	(1)
Adapting SQ3R: Flexibility Is Key	56	(2)
SQ3R and Outside Readings	56	(1)
Surveying Magazines and Journal Articles	56	(2)
Chapter Reading: Dreamchasers	58	(5)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	63	(3)
Test 2: Using SQ3R	66	(4)
Test 3: Using SQ3R	70	(4)
Test 4: Using SQ3R	74	(4)
Test 5: Using SQ3R	78	(5)
Test 6: Using SQ3R	83	(4)
Sample Chapter: Verbal Messages: Reducing Barriers to Communication	87	(17)
Recognizing General and Specific Sentences	104	(33)
Understanding the Difference Between General and Specific Sentences	105	(2)
Recognizing Levels of Specificity in Sentences	107	(4)
Relating the General to the Specific	111	(16)
Chapter Reading: Soup's On	127	(1)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	128	(1)
Test 2: Distinguishing Between General and Specific Sentences	129	(2)
Test 3: Distinguishing Between General and Specific Sentences	131	(1)
Test 4: Recognizing the Most General Sentence	132	(2)
Test 5: Connecting General and Specific Sentences	134	(3)
Discovering Topics and Main Ideas	137	(74)
Identifying the Topic	138	(6)
From Topic to Main Idea	144	(1)
Topic Sentences and Main Ideas	145	(11)
Locating Topic Sentences	146	(10)
Transitions Introducing Topic Sentences	156	(7)
Two-Step Topic Sentences	163	(4)
Learning to Paraphrase	167	(11)
Chapter Reading: The Healing Powers of Mother Nature	178	(2)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	180	(2)
Test 2: Identifying Topics and Topic Sentences	182	(3)
Test 3: Recognizing Two-Step Topic Sentences	185	(3)
Test 4: Recognizing Transitions and Topic Sentences	188	(3)
Test 5: Recognizing Accurate Paraphrases	191	(4)
Test 6: Recognizing Accurate Paraphrases	195	(4)
Test 7: Recognizing Accurate Paraphrases	199	(8)
Test 8: Paraphrasing Topic Sentences	207	(4)
Inferring Main Ideas	211	(58)
Drawing Inferences in Everyday Life	212	(1)
Drawing Inferences in Reading	212	(7)
Five Likely Suspects	219	(8)
Paragraph 1: Just the Facts	219	(1)
Paragraph 2: Question and Answer	220	(1)
Paragraph 3: Competing Points of View	221	(1)
Paragraph 4: Comparison and Contrast	222	(1)
Paragraph 5: Results of Research	223	(4)
Evaluating Your Inferences	227	(16)
Chapter Reading: Black Baseball	243	(2)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	245	(2)
Test 2: Recognizing the Correct Inference	247	(3)
Test 3: Recognizing the Correct Inference	250	(3)
Test 4: Recognizing the Correct Inference	253	(3)
Test 5: Recognizing the Correct Inference	256	(3)
Test 6: Recognizing the Correct Inference	259	(3)
Test 7: Identifying the Implied Main Idea	262	(4)
Test 8: Drawing the Right Inference	266	(3)
The Function of Supporting Details	269	(63)
Supporting Details Develop Topic Sentences	270	(7)
Understanding the Difference Between Major and Minor Details	277	(3)
Evaluating Minor Details	277	(3)
Topic Sentences Can Help Identify Major Details	280	(1)
Transitions and Major Details	281	(22)
Concluding Sentences and Supporting Details	303	(4)
Chapter Reading: Alcohol on Campus: Who's Responsible?	307	(2)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	309	(2)
Test 2: Recognizing Supporting Details	311	(2)
Test 3: Distinguishing Between Major and Minor Details	313	(6)
Test 4: Recognizing Supporting Details and Concluding Sentences	319	(2)
Test 5: Identifying Topic Sentences, Irrelevant Details, and Concluding Sentences	321	(5)
Test 6: Understanding the Function of Minor Details	326	(3)
Test 7: Recognizing Topic Sentences and Irrelevant Details	329	(3)
Beyond the Paragraph: Reading Longer Selections	332	(92)
Moving Beyond the Paragraph	333	(17)
Start with the Heading or Title	333	(1)
The Main Idea Covers More Territory	333	(1)
The Main Idea Might Be Expressed in Several Sentences	333	(1)
Major and Minor Details Get More Space	334	(1)
A Concluding Paragraph Is Possible	334	(1)
The Critical Difference	335	(15)
Inferring the Main Idea	350	(17)
From Part to Whole and Back Again	367	(16)
Underlining and Taking Marginal Notes	383	(3)
Some Useful Symbols for Marking Pages	385	(1)
Informal Outlining	386	(9)
Making an Informal Outline	386	(9)
Chapter Reading: Legal Rights for Animals	395	(5)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	400	(2)
Test 2: Recognizing the Main Idea and Supporting Details	402	(6)
Test 3: Recognizing the Main Idea and Supporting Details	408	(5)
Test 4: Recognizing the Main Idea and Supporting Details	413	(5)
Test 5: Inferring Main Ideas	418	(4)
Test 6: Drawing the Right Inference	422	(2)
Recognizing Patterns of Organization in Paragraphs	424	(76)
Pattern 1: Definition	425	(5)
Pattern 2: Time Order	430	(16)
Pattern 3: Comparison and Contrast	446	(9)
Pattern 4: Cause and Effect	455	(9)
Pattern 5: Classification	464	(14)
Chapter Reading: Types of Love	478	(3)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	481	(2)
Test 2: Predicting Patterns	483	(3)
Test 3: Patterns and Transitions	486	(2)
Test 4: Recognizing Patterns	488	(3)
Test 5: Recognizing Patterns	491	(3)
Test 6: Recognizing Patterns	494	(3)
Test 7: Recognizing Patterns	497	(3)
Combining Patterns in Paragraphs and Longer Readings	500	(60)
Combining Patterns in Paragraphs	501	(8)
Seeing Patterns in Longer Readings	509	(24)
Taking Notes on Mixed Patterns	511	(22)
Chapter Reading: The Development of Self in Childhood	533	(2)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	535	(1)
Test 2: Identifying Patterns	536	(6)
Test 3: Identifying Patterns	542	(5)
Test 4: Identifying Patterns	547	(5)
Test 5: Identifying Patterns	552	(8)
Becoming a Critical Reader	560	(77)
Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion	561	(5)
Facts	561	(1)
Opinions	562	(4)
Blending Fact and Opinion	566	(4)
Informative and Persuasive Writing	570	(12)
Informative Writing	570	(2)
Persuasive Writing	572	(10)
The Presence or Absence of Bias	582	(7)
Backing Opinions with Arguments	589	(12)
Shaky Arguments	590	(11)
Checking Out the Writer's Assumptions	601	(7)
Chapter Reading: Critical Thinking and Pseudo-psychologies---Palms. Planets, and Personality	608	(4)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	612	(2)
Test 2: Fact or Opinion	614	(1)
Test 3: Fact, Opinion, or Both	615	(2)
Test 4: Identifying Tone	617	(6)
Test 5: Recognizing Tone and Purpose	623	(5)
Test 6: Identifying Assumptions	628	(4)
Test 7: Recognizing Circular Reasoning	632	(2)
Test 8: Locating Errors in Logic	634	(3)
Reading Charts, Graphs, and Tables	637	(36)
Pie Charts	638	(4)
Understanding Pie Charts	638	(4)
Line Graphs	642	(5)
Understanding Line Graphs	642	(5)
Bar Graphs	647	(4)
Understanding Bar Graphs	647	(4)
Flow Charts	651	(3)
Understanding Flow Charts	652	(2)
Tables	654	(5)
Understanding Tables	654	(5)
Chapter Reading: The Personal Selling Process	659	(2)
Test 1: Reviewing the Key Points	661	(2)
Test 2: Reading Charts, Graphs, and Tables	663	(5)
Test 3: Reading Charts, Graphs, and Tables	668	(5)
Additional Readings	673	(79)
Reading 1: Self-Talk, Roy M. Berko, Andrew D. Wolvin. and Darlyn R. Wolvin	674	(4)
Reading 2: The Wolf Children, David Wallechinsky	678	(5)
Reading 3: The Stereotype Trap, Sharon Begley	683	(6)
Reading 4: One of the Bad Guys, Ray Hanania	689	(5)
Reading 5: Memories of a Homeless Childhood, Charmion Browne	694	(5)
Reading 6: The Power of First Impressions, Barry L. Reece and Rhonda Brandt	699	(7)
Reading 7: Styles of Effective Listening, Joseph A. DeVito	706	(12)
Reading 8: On Being a Gay Athlete, Robert Lipsyte	718	(8)
Reading 9: The Meaning of Consciousness, Douglas Bernstein and Peggy W. Nash	726	(13)
Reading 10: Making Tough Choices, Rushworth M. Kidder	739	(13)
Answer Key for ``Reviewing the Key Points''	752	(7)
Index	759