Reading comprehension success part 10 potx

...  Summary Understanding cause and effect is an important skill not only for reading comprehension, but also for your daily life. To analyze the events happening around you, you ... at how writers may combine these strategies. In addition, we’ll continue to strengthen your reading comprehension skills by including strate- gies from the first week: ■ Finding the facts ■ Determining ... yo...

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... READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY B efore you start your study of reading skills, you may want to get an idea of how much ... this book that teaches you about the reading strategy in that question. Pretest 1 1. abcd 2. abcd 3. abcd 4. abcd 5. abcd 6. abcd 7. abcd 8. abcd 9. abcd 10. abcd 11. abcd 12. abcd 13. abcd 14. ... topic first – PRETEST– 6  Pretest The pretes...

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... this flaw, the writer’s argument is not logical because there is no evidence in this essay that the particular mandatory recycling program being discussed by the city council will not work. The author moves ... for use in building foundations, dikes, and road con- struction. This form of “recycling”— not part of the present proposal — doesn’t require us to collect the garbage in any new way...

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... Data: Reading comprehension success in 20 minutes a day.—3rd ed. p. cm. ISBN 1-57685-494-9 (paper) 1. Reading comprehension Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title. II. Title: Reading comprehension success ... designed to help you improve your reading comprehension skills by studying 20 minutes a day for 20 days. You’ll start with the basics and move on to more complex reading...

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... him. Cause 5: Ed’s father encouraged him. Effect 5: Ed could tear an engine apart by himself. Cause 6: Ed could tear an engine apart by himself. Effect 6: He got a job as the chief mechanic.  Variations When ... discussed. This corre- spondence of parts is essential for the compare and contrast technique. Look what happens, for example, when the writer does not discuss corresponding parts: –...

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... or inference. This lesson focuses on two specific types of implication: reading between the lines to deter- mine cause and reading between the lines to predict effects. In case you need a reminder: ... literature, and then put it all together in a review lesson. Practice Passage 4 Many people find reading literature a difficult task because in literature (fiction, drama, and poetry), the ma...

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... ocean water charged over the lowest parts of the remaining land, forming a series of twisting inlets and lagoons of contorted grottos and nooks. The highest parts of the former mountain range, nearest ... Island, particularly its major settlement, Bar Harbor, afforded summer homes for the wealthy. Recently though, Bar Harbor has become a burgeoning arts community as well. But, the best part...

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... begun. Reading comprehension is a skill to build throughout your whole lifetime.  Tips for Continuing to Improve Your Reading The following are some ways you can continue to strengthen your reading ... grow stronger and bigger with each repetition, your reading skills grow stronger and stronger with every- thing you read. But if you stop working out, your reading comprehension...

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... as you read. 1 19  Summary Active reading is the first essential step to comprehen- sion. Why? Because active reading forces you to really see what you’re reading, to look closely at what’s there. Like ... you’re taking a standardized test, you’ll probably have to answer reading comprehension ques- tions that ask about the facts in a reading passage. These facts are not always easy...

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