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Features

• Handbook is formatted for reading skills.
• Self-assessment tests for every chapter help students track progress and review tests for each unit provide an overview of the material discussed.
• Includes an anthology of high interest readings with exercises that are keyed to the handbook chapters.
• Special attention is given to using context clues and to learning multiple meanings of words.
• Includes extensive practice in comprehension skills, such as finding the main idea, sorting out major and minor details, and making inferences.
• A “Cultural Exchange” glossary for each chapter and reading selection to explains references to cultural traditions and the languages and customs of the diverse peoples of the United States.
• A “Writing to Read” unit covers underlining, listing, summarizing and making personal connections with the reading.

New To This Edition

• Handbook includes one-third new material including exercises throughout and high interest reading selections in the anthology.
• A new chapter on critical reading, including critical evaluation of internet resources.
• A new section on the visual organization of Web sites, plus integration of Web sites into the exercises throughout the handbook.
• Internet resources and internet activities are included with every anthology selection.
• A single-theme casebook at the end of the anthology for integrated holistic reading on a high-engagement topic.

Table of Contents

Preface

HANDBOOK

Unit One: Building Vocabulary

1. Recognizing Word Meanings

1a. Finding Out What Words Mean

1b. Remembering New Words

1c. Using Context Clues

Exercises

1d. Considering Multiple Meanings

Exercises

Self-Test

2. Using Word Part Clues

2a. Compound Words

Exercises

2b. Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

Exercises

Self-Test

3. Using a Dictionary

3a. The Guide Words

3b. The Main Entry

3c. The Pronunciation Key

3d. The Parts of Speech

3e. Special Forms and Special Spellings

3f. The Meanings of the Word

3g. The History of the Word

Exercises

Self-Test

Unit 1 Review Test

Unit Two: Using Aids to Reading

4. Previewing the Parts of a Book

Exercises

Self-Test

5. Previewing Individual Selections

Exercises

Self-Test

6. Using Prereading Warm-Ups

6a. Making a List

Exercises

6b. Making a Word Map

Exercises

6c. Brainstorming

Exercise

6d. Freewriting

Exercise

Self-Test

7. Using Visual Aids

7a. Reading with Visual Aids

Exercises

7b. Visuals on the World Wide Web

Exercises

Self-Test

Unit Two Review Test

Unit Three: Understanding Main Ideas

8. Reading for the Main Idea

8a. Finding Key Ideas in Sentences

Exercises

8b. Stating Paragraph Topics

Exercises

8c. Finding Main Ideas in Paragraphs

8c(1). Stated Main Ideas

Exercises

8c(2). Implied Main Ideas

Exercises

Self-Test

9. Main Ideas in Long Selections

Exercises

Self-Test

Unit Three Review Test

Unit Four: Finding Information

10. Reading for Information

10a. Finding Facts

Exercises

10b. Sorting Out Major and Minor Details

Exercises

10c. Noting Sequence

10c(1). Time Order

10c(2). Place Order

10c(3). Order of Importance

Exercises

Self-Test

11. Using SQ3R

11a. Survey

Exercise

11b. Question

Exercise

11c. Read

11d. Recite

Exercises

11e. Review

Exercises

Self-Test

Unit Four Review Test

Unit Five: Interpreting What You Read

12. Interpreting Fact and Opinion

Exercises

Self-Test

13. Using Inference

Exercises

Self-Test

Unit Five Review Test

Unit Six: Writing To Read

14. Critical Reading

14a. Who Writes, and Where Is It Published

14b. What Facts Are Presented

14c. How the Authors Think

Exercises

Self-Test

15. Underlining, Listing, and Summarizing

15a. Underlining

Exercises

15b. Listing

Exercises

15c. Summarizing

Exercises

Self-Test

16. Keeping a Reading Journal

Exercises

Self-Test

Unit Six Review Test

READING SELECTIONS

1. Climates in the United States and Canada–Thomas Baerwald and Celeste Fraser

2. Teachings of Confucius–Iftikhar Ahmad, Herbert Brodsky, Marylee Susan Crofts, and Elizabeth Gaynor Ellis

3. Gunfire at Night–Paul Gordon

4. Angry Fathers–Mel Lazarus

5. Please Straighten Out My Life–Stephanie Winston

6. Changing Roles Alter Buying Behavior–William M. Pride and O. C. Ferrell

7. Rock ‘n’ Roll–Jean Folkerts and Stephen Lacy

8. Toughlove–Dann Denny

9. My World Now–Anna Mae Halgrim Seaver

10. In Praise of the F Word–Mary Sherry

11. How to Spell–John Irving

12. Dealing with Interpersonal Conflict–Roy M. Berko, Andrew D. Wolvin, and Darlyn R. Wolvin

 

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Search for a Soul Mate, or Love the One You’re With?–Karen S. Peterson

Bad Men Can Be Transformed by Women’s Love

Bad Men Are Dangerous to the Women Who Love Them–Linda Brannon

Here Come the Brides!–Jon Barrett

The Importance of Marriage Is Being Overlooked–Linda J. Waite

Marriage: The State of the Union–Mike Anton

Self-Test Answer Key

Test Score Summary

Acknowledgments

Author Index

Subject Index

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