Table of Contents
Introduction: How to Use This Book
Pre-Test
Section 1: Setting Yourself Up for Reading Success
Chapter 1 Pre-Reading Strategies
Chapter 2 Getting the Facts
Chapter 3 Using the Dictionary
Chapter 4 Determining Meaning from Context
Chapter 5 Putting It All Together
Section 2: Getting—and Remembering—the Gist of It
Chapter 6 Finding the Main Idea
Chapter 7 Finding the Supporting Ideas
Chapter 8 Highlighting, Underlining, and Glossing
Chapter 9 Taking Notes and Outlining
Chapter 10 Putting It All Together
Section 3: Improving Your Reading IQ
Chapter 11 Recognizing Organizational Strategies
Chapter 12 Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
Chapter 13 Recording Your Questions and Reactions
Chapter 14 Visualizing to Remember
Chapter 15 Putting It All Together
Section 4: Reader, Detective, Writer
Chapter 16 Word Choice and Point of View
Chapter 17 Determining Tone
Chapter 18 Finding an Implied Main Idea
Chapter 19 Putting It in Your Own Words
Chapter 20 Putting It All Together
Post-Test
Appendix A: Additional Resources
Appendix B: Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Roots
Index