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Contents
Preface xi
CHAPTER 1
Improving Reading and Thinking 1
Goals for Chapter 1 1
The Importance of Good Reading Skills 2
Reading and Academie Success 2
Reading and Professional Success 4
Reading and Personal Success 7
Reading and Better Thinking 10
How to Improve Reading Skills 13
How This Book Will Help You Improve Your
Reading 26
Chapter 1 Review 29
Reading Strategy: Active Reading 30
READING SELECTIONS
Textbook Selection: "Time Management for College Students," from Essential Concepts of Chemistry 34
Literary Selection: From On the Road, Jack Kerouac 37
Web Site Selection: "Ten Terrific Self-Motivating Tips,"
Mike Moore 41
Vocabulary: Using the Dictionary 43
Reading Visuals 49
CHAPTER 1 TESTS 53
CHAPTER 2
Main Ideas 61
Goals for Chapter 2 61
TEST YOURSELF 61
General and Specific 63
Determining the Topic 72
Determining the Main Idea 78
The Topic Sentence 82
Locations of Topic Sentences 85
Chapter 2 Review 95 A Falary That Takes the Fallacion That App
477
Deciding for Yourself 480 Chapter 9 Review 480
READING SELECTION
"Pin-Popping Replaces Healthy tabens
Steven Findlay 481
Vocabulary: Figures of Speech 487
Reading Strategy: Skimming 491
Reading Visuals: Maps 495
CHAPTER 9 TESTS 499
CHAPTER 10
Reading Longer Selections
507
Goals for Chapter 10 507
TEST YOURSELF 507
Topic, Main Idea, and Thesis 511
Supporting Details 519
Implied Main Ideas 526
Patterns of Organization 532
Transitions
539
Chapter 10 Review 544
Vocabulary: Review 544
Reading Strategy: Scanning 547
Combined Skills Tests
551
"Development and Memory" from Essentials of Psychology 551
"The Brain Game" 554
"I Confess I Used Carbohydrates in My Wild Youth," Dave Barry 560
"Dual-Earner Couples" from Industrial/Organizational Psychology 563
"I Know That Only Cowards Can Be Brave,"
Sandra Kimberley Hall 566
Index 571
Preface
Telege Reading Series, Second Edition is a three-level series that uses a progressive, unified approach to improving students reading comprehension and critical thinking skills and all at an affordable price! Praised in the first edition by users across the country, the second edi tion of this innovative series contains additional features and support matern-als that will enhance students' abilities to become effective readers.
Special Features of the Text
Houghton Mifflin College Reading Serles, Second Edition includes the following
features:
Affordable Price: Each book in the series contains the same topics and content as do other comparable textbooks, but for a price that is more than a third less than that of similar books.
Integration of Skills and Strategies: Along with presenting the major reading skills-identifying the main idea, supporting details, implied main Idea, transitions, patterns of organization, and others the book introduces students to a world of reading strategles that will enable them to practice good habits while reading. Strategies such as SQ3R, annotating, and note taking will help students improve their comprehension of what they read and will enable them to learn different strategies that will help them com-prehend and analyze what they read.
▸ Consistent Chapter Structure: Each chapter covers skills and strategies in a consistent and clear manner.
Coverage of Visuals: Chapter 7 is unique to this text in that it covers visu-als that students may encounter in their personal and professional reading. such as charts, graphs, tables, and figures.
▸ Critical Thinking: In addition to a multitude of skills exercises designed to help students bulld comprehension, the text features questions at the end of the reading selections that build on important critical thinking skills. Many practice exercises, too, require the application of critical thinking.
▸ Vocabulary Building: Every chapter covers a particular vocabulary con-cept and relates that concept to reading selections from the chapters.
▸ Focus on Academic Achievement: Tips and selected readings about study-ing and succeeding in school are integrated throughout the text.
Chapter Organization
In addition, each chapter in each level of the Houghton Mifflin College Reading Series, Second Edition contains the following elements:
Goals: A list of goals at the beginning of each chapter tells students what they will learn when they have completed the chapter.