Houghton Mifflin college reading series /
Houghton Mifflin.
- 2nd edition
- Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2006.
- xiii, 609 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents;
CHAPTER 1 IMPROVING AND THINKING Goals for Chapter Reading and Better Thinking How to Improve Reading Skill How This Book Will Help You Improve Chapter 1 Review, etc.
CHAPTER 2 MAIN IDEAS Goals for Chapter Test Yourself General and Specific Determining the Topic Determining the Main Idea, etc.
CHAPTER 3 SUPPORTING DETAILS, MAPPING AND OUTLINING Goals for Chapter Test Yourself Supporting Details Major and Minor Details Transitions, etc.
CHAPTER 4 IMPLIED MAIN IDEAS Goals for Chapter Test Yourself Understanding Implied Main Ideas Determining Implied main Ideas Reading Longer Selections, etc.
CHAPTER 5 TRANSITIONS Goals for Chapter Test Yourself Characteristics of Transitions Transition words that Indicate a Series Transition words that Indicate Time Order, etc.
CHAPTER 6 PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION Goals for chapter Test Yourself Topic Sentences Series Time Order, etc.
CHAPTER 7 INFERENCES Goals for Chapter Test Yourself Making Inference Guideline for Making Accurate Inferences Making Inferences in Literature, etc.
CHAPTER 8 PURPOSE AND TONE Goals for chapter Test Yourself Purpose Bias and Tone Chapter 8 Review, etc.
CHAPTER 9 CRITICAL READING 1 Goals for chapter Test Yourself The Two Components of Argument: Point and Support Chapter 9 Review Reading Selection, etc.
CHAPTER 10 CRITICAL READING II Goals for chapter Test Yourself Distinguishing fact from opinion Informed vs. Uninformed opinion Logical Fallacies, etc.