Developing critical reading skills

Designed for reading courses at the intermediate and advanced level. As in past editions, this text continues to feature a wide range of interesting and diverse selections, excellent coverage of critical reading skills, and a concluding section on reading short stories. Using practice prose similar...

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Main Author: Milan Spears, Deanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA 1999
Edition:5th ed.
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300 |a xxv, 613 p.  |b ill.  |c 24 cm 
500 |a Includes index 
505 0 |a 1. The fundamentals of reading paragraphs -- 2. Making accurate inferences -- 3. Five methods of paragraph development -- 4. Four more methods of paragraph development -- 5. Patterns of paragraph organization -- 6. Language -- 7. Tone -- 8. Primary elements of critical reading -- 9. Evaluating arguments -- Reading essays and articles -- Reading short stories. 
520 |a Designed for reading courses at the intermediate and advanced level. As in past editions, this text continues to feature a wide range of interesting and diverse selections, excellent coverage of critical reading skills, and a concluding section on reading short stories. Using practice prose similar to the kind that students will encounter in the classroom, they are encouraged to analyze, interpret, question, and even challenge the words of the writer. 
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