Reading for Thinking

by Flemming, Laraine E.

• ISBN13: 9780618985821
• ISBN10: 0618985824
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-22
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Incorporating a wealth of practice exercises and high-interest readings, Reading for Thinking focuses on improving reading skills at the "micro- level" and moving on to the "macro-level." Over half of the book is devoted to evaluating, drawing inferences, and identifying tone, bias, and purpose. The Sixth Edition continues to focus on developing students' comprehension and critical-thinking skills. Flemming uses a carefully designed sequence of explanations and exercises that allows students to approach critical reading as a natural extension of essential comprehension skills, rather than a discrete set of new strategies. Armed with the ability to both analyze and evaluate a writer's work, students apply those twin intellectual tools to Flemming's trademark high-interest readings to determine purpose, analyze evidence, detect bias, recognize tone, and compare opposing points of view.

Table of Contents

Becoming a Successful Student

Use SQ3R to Complete Textbook

Assignments Underline and Annotate

While Reading Paraphrase to Monitor Comprehension and Encourage

Remembering Paraphrasing and Plagiarism

Becoming Adept at Writing Summaries

Make Vocabulary-Building a Regular Part of Your Week

Use the Internet to Build Background Knowledge

Using SQ3R

Recognizing an Accurate Paraphrase

Recognizing an Accurate Paraphrase

Summarizing Chapter Sections

Paraphrasing with Accuracy

More on Developing Academic

Vocabulary Learn the Specialized

Vocabulary of Each Course Learn the Words

That Appear and Reappear

Use Context to Build Detailed

Definitions Checking the Glossary Pay

Attention to Words Followed by Definitions

Record All Words Set Off from the Text

Using Context Clues for General Vocabulary

Contrast Clues Restatement Clues Example

Clues General Knowledge

Clues Learning Common Word

Parts Understanding the Author's

Allusions Digging Deeper: Mad for Words

Learning the Language of Government

Learning the Vocabulary of Psychology

Using Context Clues

Understanding Allusions

Interpreting Allusions

Reviewing the Essentials

Using Questions to Get to the Heart of a Paragraph

Start With the topic Putting the Topic into Words

Using the Topic to Discover the Main Idea

Recognizing Topic Sentences

The Role of Introductory Sentences

More About Topic Sentence

Locations Paraphrasing Topic Sentences

The Function of Supporting Details

Digging Deeper: Peter Singer and Animal Rights

Recognizing Topics and Topic Sentences

Recognizing Topic Sentences and Accurate Paraphrases

Recognizing and Paraphrasing Topic Sentences

Taking Stock

Recognizing Patterns of Organization

Definition

Process

Sequence of Dates and Events

Simple Listing

Classification

Comparison and Contrast

Cause and Effect Combining Patterns Digging Deeper: Oliver Wendell Holmes and Freedom of Speech

Typical Topic Sentences

Recognizing Organizational Patterns

Recognizing Organizational Patterns

Taking Stock

Understanding, Outliining, and Synthesizing Longer Readings Understanding Longer Readings

Major and Minor Details

Thesis Statements and Major Details

Outlining Longer Readings

Synthesizing Sources

Synthesizing Longer Readings

Digging Deeper: Can We Trust Our Memories?

Underlining Thesis Statements

Thesis Statements and Supporting Details

Outlining Longer Readings

Recognizing Synthesis Statements

Creating a Synthesis

Taking Stock

The Role of Inferences in Comprehension and Critical Reading

Drawing Inferences to Help Create Connections

Identifying Chain of Reference

Inferring Main Ideas Drawing

Inferences about Supporting Details

Implied Main Ideas in Longer Readings

Drawing Logical Conclusions

Digging Deeper: J. Robert Oppenheimer and The Manhattan Project

Drawing Inferences About Pronouns and Other Noun Substitutes

Recognizing the Implied Main Idea

Recognizing Implied Main Ideas

Drawing an Effective Inference

Inferring Supporting Details

Drawing Your Own Conclusions

Recognizing Implied Main Ideas in Longer Readings

Inferring Implied Main Ideas in Longer Readings

Taking Stock

Defining the Terms Fact and Opinion

Facts Versus Opinions

Connotative Language Is a Clue

Informed Versus Uninformed Opinions

Fact and Opinion in Textbooks

Digging Deeper: Policing the Language

Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion

Checking for Relevance

Checking for Relevance

Taking Stock

Identifying Purpose and Tone

Understanding the Difference Between Informative

Writing and Persuasive Writing

The Importance of Purpose Predicting Purpose

The Main Idea Is the Clincher

The Effect of Purpose on Tone

Learning to Recognize Irony

Digging Deeper: Baseball Invades Japan

Identifying Purpose and Tone

Taking Stock

Recognizing and Evaluating Bias

Bias and Context Recognizing Bias in Informative Writing

Responding to Bias in Persuasive

Writing Bias and Careless Logic

Digging Deeper: Can the Term "Guys" Refer to Women and Girls?

Recognizing Bias

Recognizing Careless Logic

Taking Stock

Understanding and Evaluating Arguments

What's the Point of the Argument?

Four Common Types of Support

Flawed Arguments Identifying the Opposing

Point of View Digging Deeper: Eat French Fries at Your Peril

Analyzing Arguments

Analyzing Arguments

Analyzing Arguments

Taking Stock Putting It All Together Reading

Extreme Philanthropy Reading

Tall Tales of Appalachia Reading

Anonymous Source Is Not the Same as Open Source Reading

Five Ways to Deal with Conflict and the Art of Apologizing Reading

Culture and Communication Sample Chapter: America Under Stress, 1967-1976

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