Preface
PART I Success in College Reading
Chapter 1 Reading and Learning: Getting Started
Understand What Is Expected in College
Build Your Concentration
Analyze Your Learning Style
Improve Your Comprehension
Read and Think Visually
Use Writing to Learn
Learn from and with Other Students
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “The Allure of Disaster,” Eric G. Wilson
Chapter 2 The Basics of College Textbook Reading
Textbooks as Learning Tools
Preview
Develop Questions to Guide Your Reading
Read for Meaning
Test Your Recall as You Read
Review After You Read
Building a System: SQ3R
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Working with Textbook Features
Mastery Test 2: Thinking Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Looking for Love,” Jenifer Kunz
PART II Vocabulary: The Key to Meaning
Chapter 3 Using Context Clues
What Is Context?
Types of Context Clues
The Limitations of Context Clues
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Vocabulary Skills
Mastery Test 2: Vocabulary Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Compulsive or Pathological Gambling,” Rebecca J. Donatelle
Chapter 4 Using Word Parts and Learning New Words
Learn Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Learn New Words
Select and Use a Dictionary
Pronounce Unfamiliar Words
A System for Learning New Words
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Vocabulary Skills
Mastery Test 2: Dictionary Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “The ‘McDonaldization’ of Society,” John J. Macionis
PART III Comprehension and Learning Skills
Chapter 5 Understanding Paragraphs: Topics and Main Ideas
General and Specific Ideas
Identify the Topic
Find the Stated Main Idea
Identify Topic Sentences
Implied Main Ideas
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Paragraph Skills
Mastery Test 2: Paragraph Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “War Torn,” Joshua Kors
Chapter 6 Understanding Paragraphs: Supporting Details and Transitions
Recognize Supporting Details
Types of Supporting Details
Transitions
Paraphrase Paragraphs
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Paragraph Skills
Mastery Test 2: Paragraph Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Let There Be Dark,” Paul Bogard
Chapter 7 Following the Author’s Thought Patterns
Six Common Thought Patterns
Other Useful Patterns of Organization
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Identifying Patterns
Mastery Test 2: Identifying Patterns
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Right Place, Wrong Face,” Alton Fitzgerald White
PART IV Textbook Reading Skills
Chapter 8 Reading Visuals and Electronic Sources
Read and Analyze Photographs
Read and Interpret Graphics
Types of Graphics
Evaluate Internet Sources
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Graphic Skills
Mastery Test 2: Graphic Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Who Needs Marriage?” Mary Ann Schwartz and BarBara Marliene Scott
Chapter 9 Organizing and Remembering Information
Highlighting and Marking
Outlining
Mapping
Summarizing
Immediate and Periodic Review
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Mapping and Summarizing Skills
Mastery Test 2: Outlining Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Are You Sleep Deprived?” Saundra K. Ciccarelli and J. Noland White
PART V Critical Reading Skills
Chapter 10 Interpreting the Writer’s Message and Purpose
Connotative Meanings
Implied Meanings
Figurative Language
Understand the Author’s Purpose
Tone
Language
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Interpretive Skills
Mastery Test 2: Interpretive Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Starbucks’ Global Expansion,” Warren J. Keegan and Mark C. Green
Chapter 11 Evaluating: Asking Critical Questions
What Is the Source of the Material?
What Is the Authority of the Author?
Does the Writer Make Assumptions?
Is the Author Biased?
Is the Writing Slanted?
How Does the Writer Support His or Her Ideas?
Is It Fact or Opinion?
Does the Writer Make Value Judgments?
Self-Test Summary
Mastery Test 1: Critical Reading Skills
Mastery Test 2: Critical Reading Skills
Mastery Test 3: READING SELECTION: “Reality Check: Reality TV Does Not Make You Feel Better,” Rosie Molinary
PART VI A Fiction Minireader
Reading and Interpreting Short Stories
The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin
The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
Little BrotherTM , Bruce Holland Rogers
Reading and Interpreting Novels
Prologue from Water for Elephants , Sara Gruen
PART VII A Contemporary Issues Minireader
Reading About Controversial Issues
Issue 1: Football Violence
Is Football Wrong? Will Leitche
Issue 2: Discrimination Against Women
Discrimination: Women Are Subject to Violence and Discrimination by Both the State and Society, Nadia Shahram
Issue 3: Texting between Students and Teachers
Teachers Texting Students: Should Schools Ban or Encourage? Katherine Bindley
Issue 4: Cell Phones and Driving Safety
Driving While on Cell Phone Worse than Driving While Drunk, Steven Reinberg, HealthDay
Issue 5: Pro and Con: Gun Ownership
Pro: Why I Own Guns, Sam Harris Con: More Guns, More Mass Shootings—Coincidence? Mark Follman
Issue 6: Pro and Con: Reviving Extinct Species Pro: The Case for Reviving Extinct Species, Stewart Brand Con: The Case Against Species Revival, Stuart Pimm
Credits
Index