Breakthroughs in Critical Reading
1st Edition
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© 1997 | Published: April 1, 1996
The Breakthroughs series improves students' content?-area reading skills while building valuable problem? solving proficiency. Breakthroughs in Critical Reading helps students learn to understand what they read by identifying the main idea and detail…
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PRE-TESTCHAPTER 1: UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU READComprehension:
Main Idea and Details
Main Idea in Passages
Summarizing and Paraphrasing
Vocabulary: Word Attack
Study Skill: Key Words in Sentences
CHAPTER 2: ORGANIZATION OF IDEASComprehension:
Cause and Effect
Comparison and Contrast
Sequencing
Vocabulary Word Parts
Study Skill: Analogies
CHAPTER 3: FINDING HIDDEN MEANINGSComprehension:
Making Inferences
Predicting
Vocabulary: Words in Context
Study Skill: Following Directions
CHAPTER 4: READING LITERATUREComprehension:
Prose Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms
Study Skill: Charts and Outlines
CHAPTER 5: THINKING FOR YOURSELFComprehension:
Words and Emotions
Reading Critically
Persuasive Techniques
Vocabulary: Dictionary Skill
Study Skill: Good Study Habits
POST-TESTAnswer Key
The Breakthroughs series improves students' content?-area reading skills while building valuable problem? solving proficiency. Breakthroughs in Critical Reading helps students learn to understand what they read by identifying the main idea and details, summarizing and paraphrasing, recognizing the organization of ideas, and more.