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Essential reading skills /

McWhorter, Kathleen T.

Essential reading skills / Kathleen T. McWhorter. - 2nd ed. - New York : Pearson/Longman, c2005. - xvii, 462 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-459) and index.

Reading actively -- Building vocabulary : using context clues -- Building vocabulary : using word parts -- Locating main ideas -- Identifying supporting details and transitions -- Understanding implied main ideas -- Keeping track of information -- Recognizing the basic patterns of organization -- Recognizing comparison/contrast and cause/effect patterns -- Reading and thinking critically -- Student resource guide A : college textbook reading -- Student resource guide B : understanding sentences, a review -- Student resource guide C : using your dictionary, a review -- Student resource guide D : test-taking strategies, a review.

0321142527 (student ed.) 0321142551 (instructors ed.)

2004003370


College readers.
Reading (Higher education)
Study skills.

LB2395.3 / .M387 2005

428.4/071/1