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Developing critical reading skills. / Deanne Spears

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York: McGraw Hill, 2008.Edition: 8th edDescription: xxi, 582 p.: illISBN:
  • 9780073385730
  • 0073385735
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB2395.M55
Contents:
Contents: Introduction -- Building a foundation: vocabulary, annotating, paraphrasing, and summarizing -- Reading for the main idea and author's purpose -- Reading between the lines: making accurate inferences -- Methods of paragraph development -- Patterns of paragraph organization -- Language and its effects on hte reader -- Tone, point of view, and allusions -- Elements of critical reading: analyzing arguments -- Problems in critical reading: evaluating arguments -- Practical applications in evaluating arguments -- Reading essays and articles -- Reading and studying textbook material -- Reading short stories --
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Books WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY General Stacks WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY LB2395.M55(8e) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available K/2781/2781/19

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction -- Building a foundation: vocabulary, annotating, paraphrasing, and summarizing -- Reading for the main idea and author's purpose -- Reading between the lines: making accurate inferences -- Methods of paragraph development -- Patterns of paragraph organization -- Language and its effects on hte reader -- Tone, point of view, and allusions -- Elements of critical reading: analyzing arguments -- Problems in critical reading: evaluating arguments -- Practical applications in evaluating arguments -- Reading essays and articles -- Reading and studying textbook material -- Reading short stories --

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