Basic Skills and Strategies for College Reading A Text With Thematic Reader

1. Previewing Textbooks. Previewing a Textbook. Table of Contents. Preface. Author Information. Index. Appendix. Glossary. 2. Understanding Words. Using Context Clues to Define Words and Phrases. Using the Parts of a Word to Help Define It. Using a Dictionary to Define Words and Phrases. Defining Words and Phrases While Reading. Remembering Words and Phrases. 3. Reading Paragraphs. Distinguishing between General and Specific Words and Ideas. Identifying the Topic of a Sentence. Identifying and Understanding Main Ideas. 4. More About Reading Paragraphs. Identifying Major and Minor Details. Identifying the Way an Author Organizes Details and/or Sentences. 5. Interpreting What You Read. Distinguishing between Facts and Opinion. Making Valid Inferences. 6. Reading Multi-Paragraph Selections. Preparing to Read Multi-Paragraph Selections. Identifying the Thesis. Theme 1: It's All about Attitude. Attitudes, Swindoll. Is It Time for an Attitude Adjustment?, Bruce and Foley. Choosing a Positive Attitude: Your Survival Strategy for Balancing Work and Personal Life, Magid. Hold on to Your Positive Attitude, Chapman and O'Neil. 'Little Engine' Holds a Valuable Life Lesson, Veciana-Suarez. Theme 2: Our First Amendment Freedoms. Civil Liberties: First Amendment Freedoms, McClenaghan. State of the First Amendment 2000, Paulson. Well, Would You Rather Have an Unfree Press?, Thompson. You Be the Judge, Rowe. Theme 3: Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco. Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco, Miller and Levine. AlcoholOpposing Viewpoints, Introduction Editor, Greenhaven Press. Reading the Media's Messages about Medications, Globus. Tobacco and Alcohol Advertisements in Magazines: Are Young Readers Being Targeted?, Sanchez, Sanchez, Goldberg, and Goldberg. Avoiding the Lure of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Marijuana, Kowalski. Appendix: Preparing for and Taking Standardized Reading Tests. Glossary. Suggested Answers for Odd-Numbered Practice Exercises and Crossword Puzzles. Credits. Index.McGrath, Jane L. is the author of 'Basic Skills and Strategies for College Reading A Text With Thematic Reader' with ISBN 9780130874832 and ISBN 0130874833.