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100 1 _aMcWhorter, Kathleen T.,
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245 1 _aGuide to college reading /
_cKathleen T McWhorter
260 _aNew York :
_bLongman,
_c2003
300 _a605 p.:
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_c25 cm
505 _aTo the Instructor. To the Student. How Do You Read? 1. Successful Attitudes Toward Reading and Learning. I. VOCABULARY: THE KEY TO MEANING. 2. Using Context Clues. 3. Learning Word Parts. 4. Learning New Words. II. COMPREHENSION SKILLS. 5. Reading as Thinking. 6. Understanding Sentences. 7. Understanding Paragraphs: Stated and Implied Ideas. 8. Understanding Paragraphs: Supporting Details and Transitions. 9. Following the Author's Thought Patterns III. TEXTBOOK READING SKILLS. 10. Reading Textbook Chapters. 11. Reading Graphics and Electronic Information. 12. Organizing and Remembering Information. IV. CRITICAL READING. 13. Interpreting the Writer's Message and Purpose. 14. Evaluating: Asking Critical Questions. V. FICTION MINI READER. Reading and Interpreting Short Stories.The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin.The Chief's Knife: A Yoruba Folktale. The Chaser, John Collier.The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allen Poe.Pa Sees Again, Edwina Streeter Dixon.The Lady or the Tiger? Frank Stockton.VI. READING SELECTIONS. Living Life to the Fullest, Maya Angelou.The Meaning of Work, Rodrigo Joseph Rodriguez.How to Ace a Job Interview, Richard Koonce.Hispanic, USA: The Conveyor-Belt Ladies, Rose Del Castillo Cuilbault.The Case for Selling Human Organs, Ronald Bailey.A Guard's First Night on the Job, William Recktenwald.A Day on Wheels, Cheryl A. Davis.Learn to Handle Stress, David Mahoney and Richard Restak.Progress Charts. Endnotes. Credits. Index.
520 _aGuide to College Reading focuses on the key areas of reading comprehension, vocabulary improvement, and textbook reading.
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_aLectura
_xEducación superior
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