Every chapter begins with To Think About! and ends with Think Again! And Looking Back…Looking Forward features. Every chapter includes two to four Mastery Tests.
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PART ONE B A C K T O B A S I C S
CHAPTER 1 Understanding Vocabulary: A Review
The Power of Words
Using Context Clues
Using Word Parts: Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes
Recognizing Word Denotation and Connotation
Using a Glossary
Using the Dictionary
Learning and Reviewing Vocabulary Words
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CHAPTER 2 Understanding What You Read: A Review
Distinguishing Topics, Main Ideas, Major Details, and Minor Details
Recognizing Patterns of Organization
Uncovering the Central Message of a Longer Selection
Summarizing and Paraphrasing
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Fair Evangeline
CHAPTER 3 Getting the Most Out of Your Textbooks: A Review
Overviewing Your Textbooks
Previewing Textbook Chapters
Reading a Textbook Chapter Critically: Questions and Answers
Textbook Reading Strategies: SQ4R, Concept Mapping, and KWL
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Witness the Cat
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
PART TWO D E A L I N G W I T H C O M P L E X I T Y
CHAPTER 4 Critical Thinking and Contemporary Issues
Critical Thinking Versus Random Thinking
Benefits and Uses of Critical Thinking
Characteristics of Critical Thinking
Critical Listening
What Is a Contemporary Issue?
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
CHAPTER 5 Basic Problem Solving
Problem-Solving Exercise
What Is a Problem? 2
What Is a Solution?
How Do You Solve Problems?
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
A Basic Method for Personal Problem Solving
Applying the Method to a Typical Problem Situation
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Problem Solving
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
PART THREE C R I T I C A L R E A D I N G : E V A L U A T I N GÂ W H AT Â Y O U R E A D
CHAPTER 6 Using Inference
Problem-Solving Exercise 2
What Is Critical Reading?
Drawing Inferences
Looking at the World with a Questioning Mind
Using Inferences with Contemporary Issues and Problem Solving
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CHAPTER 7 Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions
Problem-Solving Exercise
What Is a Fact?
What Is an Opinion?
Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions
Facts and Opinions in Combination
Relating Facts and Opinions to Problem Solving and Contemporary Issues
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Fact and Opinion
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CHAPTER 8 Recognizing Purpose and Tone
Problem-Solving Exercise
The Importance of Recognizing Purpose
Eye on Vocabulary
The Importance of Recognizing Tone
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CHAPTER 9 Looking at Advertisements and the Internet with a Critical Eye
Problem-Solving Exercise
Advertisements and Critical Thinking
Evaluating an Advertisement
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Advertisements
Evaluating E-Mails
Evaluating Web Sites
Eye on Vocabulary 427
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Solving One More Mystery
WSI: Web Site Investigation
Glossary
Credits
Index
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