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This new text uses the theme of art (integrated through reading selections, visuals, and exercises) to create an exciting and engaged approach to reading and learning. The Art of Critical Reading offers a wealth of effective exercises and reading selections drawn from a variety of sources (college textbooks, newspapers, magazines, and classic and contemporary literature) to inspire students to read with passion and care.

Part 1 Learning How to be a Successful Student
Introduction
Portrait of a Successful Student
Learning Styles
The Course Syllabus
Review of an Art History Syllabus
Review of Your Own Course Syllabus
Crossword Puzzle
Selection: Excerpt from Ten Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Went Out Into the Real World, by Maria Shriver
Vocabulary: Introduction
Optimism and Success
Selection: “Rudolph Giuliani,” an excerpt from The Right Words at the Right Time, by Marlo Thomas and Friends Pretest
Selection: (Psychology textbook) “Critical Thinking – Uncommon Sense,” by Dennis Coon
Selection: “My Uncle Terwilliger on the Art of Eating Popovers,” by Dr. Seuss
Chapter 1 Your Life in College and Beyond
Portrait of a Successful Student Continued
Study Technique #1 – Marking, Highlighting, Annotating
Selection: (Health textbook) “Stress: The Constant Challenge,” by Paul M. Insel
Selection: “On Impact,” from On Writing, by Stephen King
Study Technique #2 – Time Line
Selection: an excerpt from The Art of Spelling, by Marilyn Vos Savant
Spelling Tips
Critical Thinking – Problem Solving
Selection: “Overcoming Dyslexia,” by Betsy Morris
Vocabulary: Words in Context
Study Technique #3 – SQ3R Study Method
Selection: “Win By a Decision,” by Stedman Graham
Chapter 1 Test Taking Tip – Be Prepared
Part 2 Discovering Meaning Through Structure
Chapter 2 Topics, Main Ideas, and Details
Description of Topics and Main Ideas
Locating Topics in textbook material
Locating Main Ideas in textbook material
Paragraph Diagrams with textbook material
Main Idea: Location of the Main Idea in textbook material
Selection: “Black Men and Public Space,” by Brent Staples
Selection: (Communications textbook) “The Look of a Victim,” by Loretta Malandro and Larry Barker
Paraphrasing
Implied Main Ideas in textbook material
Selection: “Eye of the Beholder,” Dave Barry
Selection: (Art History textbook) “Public Art,” by Mark Getlein
Homonyms and Other Confusing Words (Unit 1)
Chapter 2 Test Taking Tip – Day of the Test
Chapter 3 Determining the Author’s Purpose
An Introduction to Modes of Writing (Rhetorical Modes)
Author’s Purpose: To Inform
Selection: (Psychology textbook) “Motivation and Emotion,” by Robert Feldman
Study Technique #4 – Outlining
Author’s Purpose: To Entertain
Selection: “The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse,” from Aesop’s Fables
Author’s Purpose: To Persuade
Selection: “Crossings,” by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Selection: (Art History textbook) “Interpreting Out Loud,” by Terry Barrett
Selection: “Life on the Edge,” by Karl Taro Greenfield
Homonyms and Other Confusing Words (Unit 2)
Chapter 3 Test Taking Tip – After the Test is Returned
Chapter 4 Transition Words and Patterns of Organization
Description of Transition Words and Patterns of Organization
Transition Words
Locus of Control
Classification Pattern
Cause-and-effect Pattern
Examples and Illustration Pattern
Compare/Contrast Pattern
Study Technique #5 – Compare/Contrast chart
Listing Pattern
Steps in a Process Pattern
Definition Pattern
Study Technique #6 – Mapping
Chronological Order Pattern
Additional Transition Words
Selection: “The Cheating Game,” by Carolyn Kleiner and Mary Lord
Selection: “School Cheating Scandal Tests a Town’s Values,” by Jodi Wilgoren
Study Technique #7 - Writing Summaries
Selection: (Art History textbook) “Whose Grave is This Anyway,” by Rita Gilbert
Chapter 4 Test Taking Tip – Dealing with Test-taking Anxiety
Part 3 Interpreting What We Read
Chapter 5 Inference
“Barney” by Will Stanton
Drawing Inferences from textbook material
Drawing Inferences from literature
Selection: “The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator,” by Charles Finney
Selection: “George,” an excerpt from Wolf Songs, by Farley Mowat
Selection: “The Race of the Century,” an excerpt from Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand
Selection: (Art History textbook) “Rosa Bonheur,” by Rita Gilbert
Chapter 5 Test Taking Tip – Creating Review Tools
Chapter 6 Figurative Language
Analyzing Figurative Comparisons
Analyzing Poetry
Selection: “To Be of Use.” By Marge Piercy
Figurative Comparisons in Fiction
Selection: “Acapulco,” an excerpt from Caramelo, by Sandra Cisneros
Selection: “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall,” by Diane Ackerman
The Use of Symbols
Imagery
Selection: “Heaven and Earth In Jest,” by Annie Dillard
Selection: “Water,” by Robert Lowell – “In the end, the water was too cold for us.”
Selection: an excerpt from Frida, by Hayden Herrera
Selection: “From the Subway to the Streets,” by Nina Siegal
Chapter 6 Test Taking Tip – Taking Multiple-Choice Tests
Chapter 7 Tone
Inferring Tone
Selection: “Daughter’s Friend is a Boy,” by Art Buchwald
Irony and Satire
Selection: “Waiting in Life’s Long Lines,” by Tom Mather
Selection: “The Art Breakers,” by Patrick Rogers and Peter Mikelbank
Chapter 7 Test Taking Tip – Taking Multiple-Choice Tests Continued
Part 4 Reading Critically
Chapter 8 Fact and Opinion
Selection: (Psychology textbook) “Pseudo-psychology – Astrology, “ by Dennis Coon
Selection: “What Does Astrology Have To Do With Astronomy”? an excerpt from Don’t Know Much About the Universe, by Kenneth C. Davis
Selection: “A Review of The Sixth Sense,” by Roger Ebert
Selection: (Health textbook) “Herbal Remedies: Are they Safe”? by Paul M. Insel
Selection: “When Health Supplements May Do Harm”, by Benjamin J. Ansell, M.D.”
Evaluating Health News
Selection: “Are We Dying to Be Thin”? by Mary Carmichael
The Facts About Health Information on the Internet
Selection: (Art History textbook) “Vincenzo Perugia,” by Mark Getlein
Chapter 8 Test Taking Tip – Improving Your Performance on Essay Tests
Chapter 9 Point of View
Introduction
Selection: “Popular Mechanics,” by Raymond Carver
Selection: “The Lady or the Tiger,” by Frank R. Stockton
Selection: (History textbook) “Surviving Vietnam,” by Robert A. Divine
Vietnam War Memorial Points of View
Chapter 9 Test Taking Tip – Improving Your Performance on Essay Tests
Chapter 10 Bias
Denotative and Connotative Language
Euphemism
Selection: (Education textbook) “Seven Forms of Bias,” by Myra and David Sadker
Selection: “Textbook Bias Cops Ban Ideas,” by Diane Ravitch
Selection: (Education textbook) “Cultural Literacy or Cultural Imperialism?” by Myra and David Sadker
Selection: “The New History,” by Patrick J. Buchanan
Working with textbook bias
Selection: (Communications Textbook) “Propaganda Devices,” by James R Wilson
Chapter 10 Test Taking Tip – Improving Your Performance on Essay Tests
Chapter 11 Argument
Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments
An Introduction to Logical Fallacies
Selection: an excerpt from John Adams, by David McCullough
Study Technique #7 - Venn Diagram
Selection: ”Ben Franklin – Declaring Independence,” by Walter Isaacson
“The Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson
Selection: “The Evolution of the Bill of Rights,” by Sandra Day O”Connor
“The Bill of Rights”
“Five Tests of Your Freedoms”
Chapter 11 Test Taking Tip – Key Words That Often Appear in Essay Questions
Chapter 12 Evaluating the Evidence
Evaluating Persuasive Writing
Characteristics of the Audience
Introduction to Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Three Selections Related to Death and Dying
Selection: “Dreaming of Disconnecting the Respirator,” by Elissa Ely
Selection: “The Good Death: Embracing a Right to Die Well,” by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Selection: (Health textbook) “El Dia de Los Muertos: The Day of the Dead,” by Paul M. Insel accessible.”
Three Selections Related to Animal Experimentation
Selection: (Biology textbook) excerpt from “Animal Experimentation Raises Ethical Questions,” by Eli C. Minkoff
Selection: “The Monkey Wars,” by Deborah Blum
Selection: excerpt from Dominion by Matthew Scully
Chapter 12 Test Taking Tip – Key Words that Often Appear in Essay Questions Continued.
Part 5 Study Skills
Chapter 13 Organizing Textbook Information
Studying Textbook Chapters
Skimming
Scanning
Annotating and Margin Notes
Outlining
Mapping
Compare-Contrast Chart
Venn Diagram
Selection: (Complete Textbook Chapter) “The Arts” from Cultural Anthropology, by Conrad Phillip Kottak
Chapter 13 Test Taking Tip – Preparing for Standardized Tests
Part 6 Vocabulary
Chapter 14 - Units 1-8
Chapter 14 Test Taking Tip – Taking Standardized Tests
Appendices
Visual Aids
Using a Thesaurus
Spelling Tips
Vocabulary Word Parts
Sample Summary
Internet Site Evaluation Sheet

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Art of Critical Reading : Brushing up on Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills

Art of Critical Reading : Brushing up on Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills

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Summary

Table of Contents

Introduction

Portrait of a Successful Student

Learning Styles

The Course Syllabus

Review of an Art History Syllabus

Review of Your Own Course Syllabus

Crossword Puzzle

Selection: Excerpt from Ten Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Went Out Into the Real World, by Maria Shriver

Vocabulary: Introduction

Optimism and Success

Selection: “Rudolph Giuliani,” an excerpt from The Right Words at the Right Time, by Marlo Thomas and Friends Pretest

Selection: (Psychology textbook) “Critical Thinking – Uncommon Sense,” by Dennis Coon

Selection: “My Uncle Terwilliger on the Art of Eating Popovers,” by Dr. Seuss

Chapter 1 Your Life in College and Beyond

Portrait of a Successful Student Continued

Study Technique #1 – Marking, Highlighting, Annotating

Selection: (Health textbook) “Stress: The Constant Challenge,” by Paul M. Insel

Selection: “On Impact,” from On Writing, by Stephen King

Study Technique #2 – Time Line

Selection: an excerpt from The Art of Spelling, by Marilyn Vos Savant

Spelling Tips

Critical Thinking – Problem Solving

Selection: “Overcoming Dyslexia,” by Betsy Morris

Vocabulary: Words in Context

Study Technique #3 – SQ3R Study Method

Selection: “Win By a Decision,” by Stedman Graham

Chapter 1 Test Taking Tip – Be Prepared

Part 2 Discovering Meaning Through Structure

Chapter 2 Topics, Main Ideas, and Details

Description of Topics and Main Ideas

Locating Topics in textbook material

Locating Main Ideas in textbook material

Paragraph Diagrams with textbook material

Main Idea: Location of the Main Idea in textbook material

Selection: “Black Men and Public Space,” by Brent Staples

Selection: (Communications textbook) “The Look of a Victim,” by Loretta Malandro and Larry Barker

Paraphrasing

Implied Main Ideas in textbook material

Selection: “Eye of the Beholder,” Dave Barry

Selection: (Art History textbook) “Public Art,” by Mark Getlein

Homonyms and Other Confusing Words (Unit 1)

Chapter 2 Test Taking Tip – Day of the Test

Chapter 3 Determining the Author’s Purpose

An Introduction to Modes of Writing (Rhetorical Modes)

Author’s Purpose: To Inform

Selection: (Psychology textbook) “Motivation and Emotion,” by Robert Feldman

Study Technique #4 – Outlining

Author’s Purpose: To Entertain

Selection: “The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse,” from Aesop’s Fables

Author’s Purpose: To Persuade

Selection: “Crossings,” by Judith Ortiz Cofer

Selection: (Art History textbook) “Interpreting Out Loud,” by Terry Barrett

Selection: “Life on the Edge,” by Karl Taro Greenfield

Homonyms and Other Confusing Words (Unit 2)

Chapter 3 Test Taking Tip – After the Test is Returned

Chapter 4 Transition Words and Patterns of Organization

Description of Transition Words and Patterns of Organization

Transition Words

Locus of Control

Classification Pattern

Cause-and-effect Pattern

Examples and Illustration Pattern

Compare/Contrast Pattern

Study Technique #5 – Compare/Contrast chart

Listing Pattern

Steps in a Process Pattern

Definition Pattern

Study Technique #6 – Mapping

Chronological Order Pattern

Additional Transition Words

Selection: “The Cheating Game,” by Carolyn Kleiner and Mary Lord

Selection: “School Cheating Scandal Tests a Town’s Values,” by Jodi Wilgoren

Study Technique #7 - Writing Summaries