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9781591940043

Ten Steps of Improving College Reading Skills

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  • ISBN13:

    9781591940043

  • ISBN10:

    1591940044

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-11-01
  • Publisher: Townsend Pr

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Table of Contents

Preface: To the Instructor vii
Introduction 1(2)
How to Become a Better Reader and Thinker 3(7)
Reading for Pleasure and Power 10(7)
Some Quick Study Tips 17(2)
PART I Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills
19(396)
Vocabulary in Context
21(32)
Reading: Night Watch
37(4)
Roy Popkin
Mastery Tests
41(12)
Main Ideas
53(42)
Reading: Here's to Your Health
78(5)
Joan Dunayer
Mastery Tests
83(12)
Supporting Details
95(38)
Reading: Child-Rearing Styles
116(5)
Diane E. Papalia
Sally Wendkos Olds
Mastery Tests
121(12)
Implied Main Ideas and the Central Point
133(40)
Reading: Rowing the Bus
154(7)
Paul Logan
Mastery Tests
161(12)
Relationships I
173(38)
Reading: Students in Shock
193(6)
John Kellmayer
Mastery Tests
199(12)
Relationships II
211(48)
Reading: I Became Her Target
234(5)
Roger Wilkins
Mastery Tests
239(20)
Fact and Opinion
259(36)
Reading: New Respect for the Nap, A Pause That Refreshes
277(6)
Jane E. Brody
Mastery Tests
283(12)
Inferences
295(44)
Reading: Gender Inequality in Health Care and in the Workplace
320(7)
James M. Henslin
Mastery Tests
327(12)
Purpose and Tone
339(40)
Reading: The Scholarship Jacket
360(7)
Marta Salinas
Mastery Tests
367(12)
Argument
379(36)
Reading: In Praise of the F Word
397(6)
Mary Sherry
Mastery Tests
403(12)
PART II Ten Reading Selections
415(96)
The Yellow Ribbon
417(8)
Pete Hamill
Urban Legends
425(9)
Beth Johnson
Shame
434(9)
Dick Gregory
The Bystander Effect
443(10)
Dorothy Barkin
The Real Story of Flight 93
453(11)
Karen Breslau
Eleanor Clift
Evan Thomas
Coping with Nervousness
464(9)
Rudolph F. Verderber
Compliance Techniques: Getting People to Say Yes
473(10)
Shelley E. Taylor
Letitia Anne Peplau
David O. Sears
Lizzie Borden
483(10)
James Kirby Martin
Nonverbal Communication
493(8)
Anthony F. Grasha
Preindustrial Cities
501(10)
Rodney Stark
PART III For Further Study
511(86)
Combined-Skills Tests
513(32)
Propaganda
545(26)
Mastery Tests
559(12)
More About Argument: Errors in Reasoning
571(12)
Writing Assignments
583(14)
Pronunciation Guide 597(2)
Limited Answer Key 599(8)
Acknowledgments 607(2)
Index 609

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