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9780618113262

Reading For Results Eighth Edition

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    9780618113262

  • ISBN10:

    0618113266

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-07-19
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Table of Contents

Word Power Using Context
Context Affects Meaning Searching for Word Parts
Combining Forces: Context Clues and Word Parts
More Pointers About Specialized Vocabulary Connotations and Denotations of Words
Reviewing the Key Points
Using Context Clues
Using Context Clues
Word Analysis and Context Clues
Word Analysis and Context Clues
Word Analysis and Context Clues
SQ3R
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Dreamchasers
Reviewing the Key Points
Using SQ3R
Using SQ3R
Using SQ3R
Using SQ3R
Using SQ3R
Sample Chapter
Recognizing General and Specific Sentences
Understanding the Difference Between General and Specific Sentences
Recognizing Levels of Specificity in Sentences Relating the General to the Specific
Soup's On
Reviewing the Key Points
Distinguishing Between General and Specific Sentences
Distinguishing Between General and Specific Sentences
Recognizing the Most General Sentence
Connecting General and Specific Sentences
Discovering Topics and Main Ideas
Identifying the Topic
From Topic to Main Idea
Topic Sentences and Main Ideas
Transitions Introducing Topic Sentences
Two-Step Topic Sentences Learning to Paraphrase
The Healing Powers of Mother Nature
Reviewing the Key Points
Identifying Topics and Topic Sentences
Recognizing Two-Step Topic Sentences
Recognizing Transitions and Topic Sentences
Recognizing Accurate Paraphrases
Recognizing Accurate Paraphrases
Recognizing Accurate Paraphrases
Paraphrasing Topic Sentences
Inferring Main Ideas
Drawing Inferences in Everyday
Life Drawing Inferences in Reading Five Likely Suspects
Evaluating Your Inferences
Black Baseball
Reviewing the Key Points
Recognizing the Correct Inference
Recognizing the Correct Inference
Recognizing the Correct Inference
Recognizing the Correct Inference
Recognizing the Correct Inference
Identifying the Implied Main Idea
Drawing the Right Inference
The Function of Supporting Details
Supporting Details
Develop Topic Sentences
Understanding the Difference Between Major and Minor Details
Topic Sentences Can Help Identify Major Details
Transitions and Major Details
Concluding Sentences and Supporting Details
Alcohol on Campus
Reviewing the Key Points
Recognizing Supporting Details
Distinguishing Between Major and Minor Details
Recognizing Supporting Details and Concluding Sentences
Identifying Topic Sentences, Irrelevant Details, and Concluding Sentences
Understanding the Function of Minor Details
Recognizing Topic Sentences and Irrelevant Details
Beyond the Paragraph
Inferring the Main Idea
From Part to Whole and Back Again
Underlining and Taking Marginal Notes
Informal Outlining
Legal Rights for Animals
Reviewing the Key Points
Recognizing the Main Idea and Supporting Details
Recognizing the Main Idea and Supporting Details
Recognizing the Main Idea and Supporting Details
Inferring Main Ideas
Drawing the Right Inference
Recognizing Patterns of Organization in Paragraphs
Definition
Time Order
Comparison and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Classification
Types of Love
Reviewing the Key Points
Predicting Patterns
Patterns and Transitions
Recognizing Patterns
Recognizing Patterns
Recognizing Patterns
Recognizing Patterns
Combining Patterns in Paragraphs and Longer Readings
Combining Patterns in Paragraphs
Seeing Patterns in Longer Readings
The Development of Self in Childhood
Reviewing the Key Points
Identifying Patterns
Identifying Patterns
Identifying Patterns
Identifying Patterns
Becoming a Critical Reader
Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion
Blending Fact and Opinion
Informative and Persuasive Writing
The Presence and Absence of Bias
Backing Opinions with Arguments
Checking Out the Writer's Assumptions
Critical Thinking and Pseudo-psychologies--Palms, Planets, and Personality
Reviewing the Key Points
Fact or Opinion
Fact or Opinion, or Both
Identifying Tone
Recognizing Tone and Purpose
Identifying Assumptions
Recognizing Circular Reasoning
Locating Errors in Logic
Reading Charts, Graphs, and Tables
Pie Charts
Line Graphs
Bar Graphs
Flow Charts
Tables
The Personal Selling Process
Reviewing the Key Points
Reading Charts, Graphs, and Tables
Reading Charts, Graphs, and Tables Additional Readings
Self-Talk
The Wolf Children
The Stereotype Trap
One of the Bad Guys
Memories of a Homeless Childhood
The Power of First Impressions
Styles of Effective Listening
On Being a Gay Athlete
The Meaning of Consciousness
Making Tough Choices
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