Exercise your college reading skills : developing more powerful comprehension / Janet Elder.

By: Elder, Janet, 1947- [author]
Language: English Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2004Edition: Annotated instructor's edDescription: xvi, [490] pages 1 v. (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 007256380X (student ed. : softcover : alk. paper); 0072563818 (annotated instructor's ed. : softcover : alk. paper); 9780072563801Subject(s): Reading (Higher education) | College readers | Reading comprehensionDDC classification: 428.40711 El22 2004 LOC classification: LB2395.3 | .E43 2004Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- The ?Secrets? Of Success -- Part I. Warm-Up -- Chapter 1: Determining the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word through Context -- The Skill: Determining the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word through Context -- The Technique: Use Five Types of Context Clues -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Determining the Meaning of an -- Unfamiliar Word through Context -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Determining the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word -- through Context -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Determining the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word -- through Context -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Part Ii. Basic Workout -- Chapter 2: Determining the Topic of a Paragraph -- The Skill: Determining the Topic of a Paragraph -- The Technique: Use Four Clues to the Topic -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Determining the Topic of a Paragraph -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Determining the Topic of a Paragraph -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill Determining the Topic of a Paragraph -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Chapter 3: Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and Supporting Details of a Paragraph -- The Skill: Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and the Supporting Details -- The Technique: Find the Sentence that Has the Characteristics of a Main Idea Sentence -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and Supporting Details -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and the -- Supporting Details -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and the -- Supporting Details -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Chapter 4: Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence of a Paragraph -- The Skill: Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence for a Paragraph -- The Technique: Use the Three Formulas for Formulating a Main Idea Sentence -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence for a Paragraph -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence for a -- Paragraph -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence for a -- Paragraph -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Chapter 5: Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern -- The Skill: Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern -- The Technique: Learn the Characteristics of Authors? Five Writing Patterns -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Part Iii. Basic Stretching -- Chapter 6: Applying All the Basic Skills to Paragraphs -- The Practice: Apply All of the Basic Skills to a Paragraph -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Part Iv. Advanced Work Out -- Welcome to the Advanced Workout -- Chapter 7: Distinguishing Facts from Opinions -- The Skill: Distinguishing Facts from Opinions -- The Technique: Apply the Characteristics of Facts and Opinions -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Distinguishing Facts from Opinions -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Distinguishing Facts from Opinions -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Applying the Skill of Distinguishing Facts from Opinions -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Chapter 8: Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions -- The Skill: Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions -- The Technique: Base Inferences and Conclusions on the Passage -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Chapter 9: Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience -- The Skill: Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience -- The Technique: Ask the Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience Questions -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and -- Intended Audience -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Chapter 10: Evaluating an Author?s Argument -- The Skill: Evaluating an Author?s Argument -- The Technique: Ask the Seven Evaluation Questions -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Evaluating an Author?s Argument -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Evaluating an Author?s Argument -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Evaluating an Author?s Argument -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Part V. Advanced Stretching -- Chapter 11: Applying All the Advanced Skills to Single and Multiple-Paragraph Selections -- The Practice: Applying All of the Advanced Skills to Single and Multiple-Paragraph Selections -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Bonus Workout: Applying the Skills to Literary Material -- Part Vi. Flex Your Literary Muscles -- Welcome to Flex Your Literary Muscles -- Chapter 12: Interpreting Figures of Speech -- The Skill: Interpreting Figures of Speech -- The Technique: Recognize and Interpret a Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, and Metonymy -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Interpreting Figures of Speech -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Interpreting Figures of Speech -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Interpreting Figures of Speech -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Chapter 13: Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works (nonfiction, short stories, novels, and poems) -- The Skill: Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works -- The Technique: Apply the Literary Counterparts of the Basic Comprehension Skills -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Applying the Skill of Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Part Vii. Cool Down -- Welcome to the Cool Down -- Chapter 14: Interpreting Graphic Aids -- The Skill: Interpreting Graphic Aids -- The Technique: Interpret Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts, Flowcharts, and Tables -- The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Interpreting Graphic Aids -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Interpreting Graphic Aids -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Interpreting Graphic Aids -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Chapter 15: Organizing Information for Study -- The Skill: Organizing Information for Study -- The Technique: Mark and Annotate Textbooks, Take Notes, Make Outlines and Study Maps, and Write Summaries -- The Trainer: Watching an Effective Reader Apply the Skill of Organizing Information for Study -- The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Organizing Information for Study -- The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter -- The Practice: Apply the Skill of Organizing Information for Study -- Three Sets of Practice Exercises -- Part Viii. Grand Slam: Playing In The Big Leagues -- Welcome to the Grand Slam -- Transition Words and Metacomprehension -- Chapter 16: Applying All the Skills You Have Learned -- Selection 1: ?Four Types of Computers? (computer science) -- Selection 2: ?Achieving What You Really Want in Life? (study skills) -- Selection 3: Excerpt from The Man Who Listens to Horses (autobiography) -- Selection 4: ?Burglars and Burglary, Robbers and Robbery, and Hot Products? -- (criminology) -- Selection 5: ?Repressed Memories: Truth or Fiction?? (psychology) -- Selection 6: ?Choosing a Mate? (sociology) -- Selection 7: ?The Great Midlothian Sawdust War? (essay) -- Selection 8: ?To Robert Frost? (poem) -- Selection 9: Major Sullivan Ballou?s Letter to His Wife, Sarah (letter) -- Kudos from Your Coach -- Appendix 1: A List of Word Parts -- Appendix 2: ?Tackling the Test?: Test-taking Strategies and Tips -- Appendix 3: Suggested Reading that You?ll Enjoy (bibliography)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Introduction --
The ?Secrets? Of Success --
Part I. Warm-Up --
Chapter 1: Determining the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word through Context --
The Skill: Determining the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word through Context --
The Technique: Use Five Types of Context Clues --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Determining the Meaning of an --
Unfamiliar Word through Context --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Determining the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word --
through Context --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Determining the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word --
through Context --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Part Ii. Basic Workout --
Chapter 2: Determining the Topic of a Paragraph --
The Skill: Determining the Topic of a Paragraph --
The Technique: Use Four Clues to the Topic --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Determining the Topic of a Paragraph --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Determining the Topic of a Paragraph --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill Determining the Topic of a Paragraph --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Chapter 3: Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and Supporting Details of a Paragraph --
The Skill: Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and the Supporting Details --
The Technique: Find the Sentence that Has the Characteristics of a Main Idea Sentence --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and Supporting Details --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and the --
Supporting Details --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Identifying the Stated Main Idea Sentence and the --
Supporting Details --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Chapter 4: Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence of a Paragraph --
The Skill: Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence for a Paragraph --
The Technique: Use the Three Formulas for Formulating a Main Idea Sentence --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence for a Paragraph --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence for a --
Paragraph --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Formulating the Implied Main Idea Sentence for a --
Paragraph --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Chapter 5: Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern --
The Skill: Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern --
The Technique: Learn the Characteristics of Authors? Five Writing Patterns --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Recognizing the Author?s Writing Pattern --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Part Iii. Basic Stretching --
Chapter 6: Applying All the Basic Skills to Paragraphs --
The Practice: Apply All of the Basic Skills to a Paragraph --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Part Iv. Advanced Work Out --
Welcome to the Advanced Workout --
Chapter 7: Distinguishing Facts from Opinions --
The Skill: Distinguishing Facts from Opinions --
The Technique: Apply the Characteristics of Facts and Opinions --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Distinguishing Facts from Opinions --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Distinguishing Facts from Opinions --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Applying the Skill of Distinguishing Facts from Opinions --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Chapter 8: Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions --
The Skill: Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions --
The Technique: Base Inferences and Conclusions on the Passage --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Chapter 9: Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience --
The Skill: Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience --
The Technique: Ask the Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience Questions --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Determining the Author?s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and --
Intended Audience --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Chapter 10: Evaluating an Author?s Argument --
The Skill: Evaluating an Author?s Argument --
The Technique: Ask the Seven Evaluation Questions --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Evaluating an Author?s Argument --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Evaluating an Author?s Argument --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Evaluating an Author?s Argument --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Part V. Advanced Stretching --
Chapter 11: Applying All the Advanced Skills to Single and Multiple-Paragraph Selections --
The Practice: Applying All of the Advanced Skills to Single and Multiple-Paragraph Selections --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Bonus Workout: Applying the Skills to Literary Material --
Part Vi. Flex Your Literary Muscles --
Welcome to Flex Your Literary Muscles --
Chapter 12: Interpreting Figures of Speech --
The Skill: Interpreting Figures of Speech --
The Technique: Recognize and Interpret a Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, and Metonymy --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Interpreting Figures of Speech --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Interpreting Figures of Speech --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Interpreting Figures of Speech --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Chapter 13: Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works (nonfiction, short stories, novels, and poems) --
The Skill: Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works --
The Technique: Apply the Literary Counterparts of the Basic Comprehension Skills --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Applying the Skill of Achieving Basic Comprehension of Literary Works --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Part Vii. Cool Down --
Welcome to the Cool Down --
Chapter 14: Interpreting Graphic Aids --
The Skill: Interpreting Graphic Aids --
The Technique: Interpret Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts, Flowcharts, and Tables --
The Trainer: Applying the Skill of Interpreting Graphic Aids --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Interpreting Graphic Aids --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Interpreting Graphic Aids --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Chapter 15: Organizing Information for Study --
The Skill: Organizing Information for Study --
The Technique: Mark and Annotate Textbooks, Take Notes, Make Outlines and Study Maps, and Write Summaries --
The Trainer: Watching an Effective Reader Apply the Skill of Organizing Information for Study --
The Edge: Pointers from the Coach about Organizing Information for Study --
The Replay: Remembering the Essential Information from the Chapter --
The Practice: Apply the Skill of Organizing Information for Study --
Three Sets of Practice Exercises --
Part Viii. Grand Slam: Playing In The Big Leagues --
Welcome to the Grand Slam --
Transition Words and Metacomprehension --
Chapter 16: Applying All the Skills You Have Learned --
Selection 1: ?Four Types of Computers? (computer science) --
Selection 2: ?Achieving What You Really Want in Life? (study skills) --
Selection 3: Excerpt from The Man Who Listens to Horses (autobiography) --
Selection 4: ?Burglars and Burglary, Robbers and Robbery, and Hot Products? --
(criminology) --
Selection 5: ?Repressed Memories: Truth or Fiction?? (psychology) --
Selection 6: ?Choosing a Mate? (sociology) --
Selection 7: ?The Great Midlothian Sawdust War? (essay) --
Selection 8: ?To Robert Frost? (poem) --
Selection 9: Major Sullivan Ballou?s Letter to His Wife, Sarah (letter) --
Kudos from Your Coach --
Appendix 1: A List of Word Parts --
Appendix 2: ?Tackling the Test?: Test-taking Strategies and Tips --
Appendix 3: Suggested Reading that You?ll Enjoy (bibliography)

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