TY - GEN AU - Houghton mifflin TI - 2 College reading series T2 - Serie SN - 9786618541898 AV - LCC PY - 2006/// CY - USA PB - Houghton Mifflin N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -