Part I: SUCCESS IN COLLEGE READING
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
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “The Allure of Disaster,” Eric G. Wilson
2. An Overview of College Textbook Reading
Textbooks as Learning Tools
Before Reading: Preview and Activate Background Knowledge
Develop Questions to Guide Your Reading
During Reading: Read for Meaning and Test Your Recall as You Read
Read to Understand Graphics and Visual Aids
After Reading: Review After You Read
Build a Reading-Study System: SQ3R
Self-Test Summary
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “Looking for Love,” Jenifer Kunz
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “Saving Species,” Colleen Belk and Virginia Borden Maier
3. Organizing and Remembering Information
Highlighting and Marking
Paraphrasing Sentences and Paragraphs
Outlining
Mapping
Summarizing
Immediate and Periodic Review
Self-Test Summary
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Are You Sleep Deprived?” Saundra K.
Ciccarelli and J. Noland White
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “Corporate Social Responsibility,” Michael R. Solomon, Mary Anne Poatsy, and
Kendall Martin
Part II: VOCABULARY: THE KEY TO MEANING
4. Using Context Clues
What Is Context?
Types of Context Clues
The Limitations of Context Clues
Self-Test Summary
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “Compulsive or Pathological Gambling,” Rebecca J. Donatelle
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “Paying It Forward,” Teresa Audesirk, Gerald Audesirk, and Bruce E. Byers
5. Using Word Parts and Learning New Words
Learn Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Learn New Words
Select and Use a Dictionary
Pronounce Unfamiliar Words
Resources for Learning New Words
Self-Test Summary
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “The ‘McDonaldization’ of Society,” John J. Macionis
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “How Can You Study When You Can’t Eat? The Invisible Problem of Hunger on Campus,”
Stacia L. Brown
Part III: COMPREHENSION AND LEARNING SKILLS
6. 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
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “Communicating Through Objects,” Joseph A. DeVito
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “What Is Veiling?” Banu Gökariksel
7. Understanding Paragraphs: Supporting Details and Transitions
Recognize Supporting Details
Types of Supporting Details
Transitions
Self-Test Summary
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “Let There Be Dark,” Paul Bogard
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “The Big Win: Life After the Lottery,” James M. Henslin
8. Following the Author’s Thought Patterns
Six Common Thought Patterns
Other Useful Patterns of Organization
Self-Test Summary
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “Right Place, Wrong Face,” Alton Fitzgerald White
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “Why More People Are Single,” Nijole V. Benokraitis
Part IV: CRITICAL READING SKILLS
9. Interpreting the Writer’s Message and Purpose
Connotative Meanings
Implied Meanings
Figurative Language
Understand the Author’s Purpose
Tone
Language
Self-Test Summary
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “The Doctor Will E-mail You Now,” Consumer Reports
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “You Must Be This Old to Die,” Nicholas St. Fleur
10. Evaluating: Asking Critical Questions
What Is the Source of the Material?
What Is the Authority of the Author?
Is an Internet Source Appropriate, Accurate, and Timely?
Does the Writer Make Assumptions?
Is the Author Biased?
Is the Writing Slanted?
How Does the Writer Support Ideas?
Is It Fact or Opinion?
Does the Writer Make Value Judgments?
Self-Test Summary
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Mastery Test 1: READING SELECTION: “Reality Check: Reality TV Does Not Make You Feel Better,” Rosie Molinary
Mastery Test 2: READING SELECTION: “Vigilantes: When the State Breaks Down,” James M. Henslin
Part V: A FICTION MINI-READER
Reading and Interpreting Short Stories
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
Little Brother™
Bruce Holland Rogers
Reading and Interpreting Novels
Prologue from Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen
Part VI: A CONTEMPORARY ISSUES MINI-READER
Reading About Controversial Issues
ISSUE 1: CELEBRITIES AND ATHLETES AS ACTIVISTS
Why Celebrity Activism Does More Harm than Good
Andres Jimenez
After Ferguson, Staten Island, Cleveland, Athletes Are Becoming Activists Again
Dave Sheinin
Analyzing and Synthesizing Ideas
ISSUE 2: THE MARKETING OF HUMAN ORGANS
Is Selling Human Organs Really So Unethical?
Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten
Ethicists, Philosophers Discuss Selling of Human Organs
Corydon Ireland
Analyzing and Synthesizing Ideas
ISSUE 3: THE INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
Is Internet Addiction a Real Thing?
Maria Konnikova
Internet Use on Mobile Phones in Africa Predicted to Increase 20-Fold
David Smith
Analyzing and Synthesizing Ideas
ISSUE 4: REVIVING EXTINCT SPECIES
Pro: The Case for Reviving Extinct Species
Stewart Brand
Con: The Case Against Species Revival
Stuart Pimm
Analyzing and Synthesizing Ideas
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