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Designed to help students become jazzed about reading, this introductory-to-intermediate reading text provides motivating and engaging readings selected to grab the reader's attention.Reading and All That Jazz, Third Edition, also features clear explanations and a wide variety of well-developed practice exercises designed to provoke genuine thinking, interpretation, and even some improvisation on the part of the student and the instructor. The theme of jazz encourages a positive, exciting, personally involved approach to reading and learning.

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PART 1 Getting a Handle on College
Introduction Your First Week in Class
Assignment Sheets
Taking Objective Tests
Are Your Ready for College?
Colin Powell Excerpt from My American Journey
Pablo Neruda Excerpt from Ode to the Present
Vocabulary: Introduction
Robert Olen Butler Crickets
Chapter Summary and Review.
CHAPTER 1How We LearnFinding Out about Ourselves
Auditory, Visual, or Kinesthetic: What Is Your Learning Style?
Vocabulary: Words in Context
Day versus Night People: Are You More of a Morning Lark or a Night Owl?
Lowell Ponte The Two Most Dangerous Hours of Your Day
Left-Brain and Right-Brain Orientation: Which One Are You?
Multiple Intelligences: What Rea Your Strengths?
Isaac Asimov What Is Intelligence, Anyway?
Stress Inventory: How Much Stress Is There in Your Life?
Rick Reilly An Easy Choice
Study Schedules
SQ3R: A Classic Way to Study
Gregory Hamilton Analyzing Internet Sites
Chapter Review and Summary
PART 2 Discovering Meaning through Structure
CHAPTER 2 Topics, Main Ideas, and Details
Description of Topics, Main Ideas, and Details
Distinguishing between General and Specific
Locating Topics and Main Ideas
Paragraph Diagrams
Main Idea: Location of the Main Idea
Paraphrasing
Tran Thi Nga Grandmothers Fable
Implied Main Ideas
Your Gender Communication Quotient
Dave Barry What Women Dont Understand about Guys
U.S. News & World Report* This Is 911 . . . Please Hold
CHAPTER 3 Determining an Authors Purpose
Authors Purpose; To Entertain
William Saroyan The Shepherds Daughter
Authors Purpose: To Inform
Ira Flatow From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves
Authors Purpose: To Persuade
Walter Minot Students Who Push Burgers
Whats Your Opinion?
Writing Summaries
Mel Allen Letter to Olivia
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Word Structure and Unit 1
CHAPTER 4 Transition Words and Patterns of Organization
Description of Transition Words and Patterns of
Organization
Transition Words
Classification
Cause-and-Effect
Comparison/Contrast
Steps-in-a Process
Examples
Definition
Chronological Order
Listing
Transition Worlds and Patterns of Organization(Continued)
Nonverbal Communication: Topic Main Ideas, Details
Exercise
Freda Adler, Gerhard O. W. Mueller, and William S. Laufer Road Rage (criminology textbook)
William Nack and Lester Munson Out of Control
Chapter Review and Summary
PART 3Interpreting What We Read
CHAPTER 5 Inference
Introduction to Drawing Inferences
Fannie Flagg Excerpt from Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man*
Robert Devine Inside the Vicious Heart
Tom Brokaw Thomas Broderick
Chapter Review and Summary
Vocabulary: Unit 2
CHAPTER 6 Figurative Language
Figures of SpeechSimiles, Metaphors, and Personification
Ann Landers The Love of My Life
The Use of Symbols
Robert Frost The Road Not Taken
Rita Gilbert Guernica (art history textbook))
Pete Hamill The Yellow Ribbon
Literary Allusions
Imagery
Bill Bryson Terror in a Tent
Pam Houston A Blizzard Under Blue Sky
Chapter Summary and Review
CHAPTER 7 Tone
Inferring Tone
Annie Dillard The Fixed
Irony
Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes A Letter to God
Satire
Dr. George H. Reavis The Animal School
Art Buchwald Hurts Rent-A-Gun
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Unit 3
PART 4Recognizing Modes of Writing
CHAPTER 8Four Primary Modes
An Introduction to Modes of Writing (Rhetorical Modes)
Narrative
Michelle Kennedy Checking on the Kids
Descriptive
Jo Goodwin Parker What Is Poverty?
Expository
Thomas Patterson The Poor: Who and How Many? (political science textbook)
Persuasive
Barbara Ehrenreich Is Poverty Sustainable?
Langston Hughes Thank You Mam
John Daniel A Sons Memoir
Peter Salovey So Whats Your EQ?
Maya Angelou On Aging
Daniel Goleman Impulse Control: The Marshmallow Test
Mary Pipher TV
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Unit 4
CHAPTER 9Modes of Organization
An Introduction to the Modes of Organization
Cause and Effect
Comparison Contrast
Wayne Weiten and Margaret Lloyd The Roots of Happiness: An Empirical Analysis (psychology textbook)
Listing
Sonja Lyubomirsky Eight Keys to a More Satisfying Life
Chronological Order and Summaries of Longer Articles
Shannon Moon Leonetti Charleys Secret
Categories
Russell W. Belk My Possessions Myself
Steps in a Process
Ronald B. Adler, Russell F. Proctor, and Neil Towne Developmental Stages in Intimate Relationships (communications textbook)
Cause and Effect
John Collier The Chaser
Example
Joshua Plven, David Borgenicht, and Jennifer Worick The Its Not You, Its Me Letter
PART 5 Reading Critically
CHAPTER 10 Fact and Opinion
Learning to Read Critically
Shirley Haley-James and John Warren Stewig Listening: To Tell Fact from Opinion
Thomas Patterson The Nature of Public Opinion by Thomas Patterson (political science textbook)
Patricia Wen Excerpt from Superstitions Help Us Cope
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Unit 5
CHAPTER 11 Bias
An Introduction to Bias
David G. Myers The Defendants Characteristics (psychology textbook)
Euphemism
Hamilton Gregory Beware of Doublespeak (speech textbook)
Katharine Brush A Birthday Party (short story/Literature)
Samuel Walker and Charles Katz Beyond Stereotypes of Cops (criminology textbook)
George Orwell A Hanging
Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing
George W. Bush A Statement on Timothy McVeighs Execution
CHAPTER 12 Propaganda Techniques
What Are They and How Are They Used?
More Propaganda Techniques
Last Major Propaganda Technique
Stanley J. Baran Boosting Smoking Among Women (mass communications textbook)
Violence in the Media
Robert S. Feldman Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Medias Message Matter? (psychology textbook)
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Unit 6
CHAPTER 13 Evaluating the Evidence
Introduction to Evaluating Persuasive Writing
Drawing Conclusions: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Selection: DNA Fingerprinting by Ruth Bernstein and
Stephen Bernstein (biology textbook/Biology, Criminology)
Jennifer Thompson Eyewitness Testimony (psychology textbook)
Evaluating the Evidence in Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Advertisement, and a Cartoon
Paul M. Insel MarijuanaBackground Information (health textbook)
Associated Press Medical Marijuana Ruling
Arguments For and Against Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes:
Ethan Madelmann For Argument
John P. Walters Against Argument
Arguments For and Against the Current War on Drugs
Analyzing the EditorialsPropaganda Techniques
Analyzing the EditorialsTechniques for Appealing to Readers
Arguments For and Against the Current War on Drugs
USA Today Editorial Staff Against Argument by
John P. Walters For Argument by John P. Walters
Letters to the Editor
Gary Storck Letter 1: For Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
The OReilly Factor Letter 2: Against Legalizing the Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
Mitch Earleywine Letter 3: Against the Current War on Drugs
Kirk Muse Letter 4: Against the Current War on Drugs
Evaluating an Advertisement
Evaluating a Political Cartoon
Chapter Summary and Review
Part 6 Becoming Ready for Content-Area Classes
CHAPTER 14 Scanning and Skimming
Scanning
Alan Brinkley The American Environment: Silent Spring (American history textbook)
Skimming
Sylvia Mader Pesticides: An Asset and a Liability (biology textbook)
Rachel Carson A Fable for Tomorrow
Chapter Summary and Review
Vocabulary: Word Parts and Review
CHAPTER 15 Organizing Textbook Information
Annotating Your Textbook
Studying Textbook Chapters
Outlining
Mapping
Time Lines
Comparison-Contrast Chart
Jean Ferris Excerpts from Chapters 9, 10, and 11, Americas Musical Landscape* (music appreciation textbook)

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Reading and All That Jazz

Reading and All That Jazz

007296281X

Summary

Table of Contents

PART 1 Getting a Handle on College

Introduction Your First Week in Class

Assignment Sheets

*Taking Objective Tests

Are Your Ready for College?

Colin Powell Excerpt from My American Journey

Pablo Neruda Excerpt from Ode to the Present

Vocabulary: Introduction

Robert Olen Butler Crickets

Chapter Summary and Review.

CHAPTER 1How We LearnFinding Out about Ourselves

Auditory, Visual, or Kinesthetic: What Is Your Learning Style?

Vocabulary: Words in Context

Day versus Night People: Are You More of a Morning Lark or a Night Owl?

Lowell Ponte The Two Most Dangerous Hours of Your Day

Left-Brain and Right-Brain Orientation: Which One Are You?

Multiple Intelligences: What Rea Your Strengths?

Isaac Asimov What Is Intelligence, Anyway?

Stress Inventory: How Much Stress Is There in Your Life?

Rick Reilly An Easy Choice

Study Schedules

SQ3R: A Classic Way to Study

*Gregory Hamilton Analyzing Internet Sites

Chapter Review and Summary

PART 2 Discovering Meaning through Structure

CHAPTER 2 Topics, Main Ideas, and Details

Description of Topics, Main Ideas, and Details

Distinguishing between General and Specific

Locating Topics and Main Ideas

Paragraph Diagrams

Main Idea: Location of the Main Idea

Paraphrasing

Tran Thi Nga Grandmothers Fable

Implied Main Ideas

Your Gender Communication Quotient

Dave Barry What Women Dont Understand about Guys

U.S. News & World Report This Is 911 . . . Please Hold

CHAPTER 3 Determining an Authors Purpose

Authors Purpose; To Entertain

William Saroyan The Shepherds Daughter

Authors Purpose: To Inform

Ira Flatow From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves

Authors Purpose: To Persuade

Walter Minot Students Who Push Burgers

Whats Your Opinion?

Writing Summaries

Mel Allen Letter to Olivia

Chapter Summary and Review

Vocabulary: Word Structure and Unit 1

CHAPTER 4 Transition Words and Patterns of Organization

Description of Transition Words and Patterns of

Organization

Transition Words

Classification

Cause-and-Effect

Comparison/Contrast

Steps-in-a Process

Examples

Definition

Chronological Order

Listing

Transition Worlds and Patterns of Organization(Continued)

Nonverbal Communication: Topic Main Ideas, Details

Exercise

*Freda Adler, Gerhard O. W. Mueller, and William S. Laufer Road Rage (criminology textbook)

William Nack and Lester Munson Out of Control

Chapter Review and Summary

PART 3Interpreting What We Read

CHAPTER 5 Inference

Introduction to Drawing Inferences

Fannie Flagg Excerpt from Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

Robert Devine Inside the Vicious Heart

Tom Brokaw Thomas Broderick