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Reading Skills for College Students

by: Hancock, Ophelia H.

Reading Skills for College Students

by: Hancock, Ophelia H.

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0136283713
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/01/1997
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Prentice Hall is proud to present the seventh edition of READING SKILLS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. Thousands of students have used this successful text to improve their vocabulary, comprehension, reading rate and test taking. Unlike many other texts, this READING SKILLS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS serves as an excellent resource for the rest of students'college careers by providing instruction on reading in six different major content areas. The author has included specific chapters on reading for: Literature, History Psychology Biology Computers and Data Processing Business

To the Instructor

xiii

Acknowledgments

PART ONE READING SKILLS

Study Skills

(16)

Making Adjustments

(1)

Time Management

(2)

Psychological Factors

(1)

Study Environment

(1)

A Study Plan

(2)

Test Taking

(3)

Learning Resources

(4)

Suggestions for Further Study

(2)

Context Clues

(22)

Building Your Vocabulary

(1)

Using Context Clues

(20)

Exercise 1: Context Clues

(10)

Exercise 2: Context Clues

(4)

Exercise 3: Context Clues

(3)

Suggestion for Further Study

(1)

Structural Analysis

(20)

Using Root Words

(4)

Using Prefixes

(2)

Using Suffixes

(13)

Exercise 4: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

(4)

Exercise 5: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

(7)

Suggestions for Further Study

(1)

Dictionary Skills

(10)

Using the Dictionary

(9)

Exercise 6: Using the Dictionary

(4)

Suggestions for Further Study

(1)

Main Ideas

(26)

Reading with Comprehension

(1)

Finding Main Ideas

(24)

Exercise 7: Finding Main Ideas

(3)

Exercise 8: Finding Main Ideas

(11)

Exercise 9: Expressing Main Ideas

(4)

Suggestions for Further Study

(1)

Details

(18)

Major and Minor Details

(17)

Exercise 10: Finding Major and Minor Details

(8)

Exercise 11: Finding Details

107

(5)

Suggestions for Further Study

112

(1)

Signal Words

113

(6)

Understanding Signal Words

113

(5)

Exercise 12: Identifying Signal Words

116

(2)

Suggestions for Further Study

118

(1)

Organizational Patterns

119

(14)

Understanding Organizational Patterns

119

(12)

Exercise 13: Organizational Patterns

124

(7)

Suggestions for Further Study

131

(2)

Inferences

133

(22)

Drawing Inferences

133

(21)

Exercise 14: Inferences

135

(6)

Exercise 15: Inferences

141

(8)

Exercise 16: Inferences

149

(5)

Suggestions for Further Study

154

(1)

Critical Reading

155

(24)

Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating

155

(22)

Exercise 17: Fact and Opinion

160

(2)

Exercise 18: Critical Evaluation

162

(7)

Exercise 19: Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating

169

(5)

Exercise 20: Questioning, Comparing, and Evaluating

174

(3)

Suggestions for Further Study

177

(2)

Rate

179

(10)

Rate and Comprehension

179

(1)

The Reading Process

180

(3)

Flexibility in Rate

183

(4)

Suggestions for Further Study

187

(2)

Graphics

189

(24)

Understanding Graphics

189

(22)

Exercise 21: Interpreting Graphics

198

(13)

Suggestions for Further Study

211

(2)

PART TWO READING IN THE CONTENT AREA

Literature

213

(18)

Studying Literature

213

(2)

``Livvie,'' by Eudora Welty

215

(15)

Exercise 22

226

(4)

Suggestions for Further Study

230

(1)

History

231

(16)

Studying History

231

(2)

``The Gulf War''

233

(13)

Exercise 23

241

(5)

Suggestions for Further Study

246

(1)

Political Science

247

(20)

Studying Political Science

247

(2)

``The Presidency''

249

(16)

Exercise 24

259

(6)

Suggestions for Further Study

265

(2)

Psychology

267

(12)

Studying Psychology

267

(2)

``Measuring Intelligence''

269

(9)

Exercise 25

275

(3)

Suggestions for Further Study

278

(1)

Biology

279

(14)

Studying Biology

279

(2)

``Immunity''

281

(11)

Exercise 26

289

(3)

Suggestions for Further Study

292

(1)

Computer Science and Data Processing

293

(112)

Studying Computer Science and Data Processing

293

(2)

``Using Computers''

295

(13)

Exercise 27

305

(3)

Suggestions for Further Study

308

(1)

PART THREE READING SELECTIONS

Selection One ``Are We Tolerating More Dishonesty?,''

309

(6)

Barbara Zigli

Exercise 28

311

(4)

Selection Two ``Wildlife on Main Street,''

315

(4)

Susan Gilbert

Exercise 29

316

(3)

Selection Three ``I'm Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge,''

319

(6)

Adrienne Popper

Exercise 30

321

(4)

Selection Four ``Hard Times,''

325

(8)

Norman Strung

Exercise 31

328

(5)

Selection Five ``The Open Window,''

333

(6)

Saki (H. H. Munro)

Exercise 32

335

(4)

Selection Six ``In the Blink of an Eye,''

339

(8)

Shawna Vogel

Exercise 33

342

(5)

Selection Seven ``They Dared Cocaine---and Lost,''

347

(12)

Henry Hurt

Exercise 34

353

(6)

Selection Eight ``The Chaser,''

359

(6)

John Collier

Exercise 35

361

(4)

Selection Nine ``What's in the Cards?,''

365

(8)

A. R. Dennon

Exercise 36

368

(5)

Selection Ten ``The Last Visit,''

373

(4)

James Baldwin

Exercise 37

374

(3)

Selection Eleven ``The Attic of the Brain,''

377

(6)

Lewis Thomas

Exercise 38

380

(3)

Selection Twelve ``The Necklace,''

383

(12)

Guy de Maupassant

Edgar V. Roberts

Exercise 39

390

(5)

Selection Thirteen ``Quality,''

395

(10)

John Galsworthy

Exercise 40

400

(5)

Index

405

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