Reading comprehention 2 pdf

INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book ix PRETEST 1 BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION LESSON 1 Getting the Essential Information 19 How to be an active reader, picking up clues in what you read LESSON 2 Finding the Main Idea 27 Looking beyond the facts, considering the author’s motive LESSON 3 Defining Vocabulary in Context 33 Dealing with unfamiliar words without a dictionary LESSON 4 The Difference between Fact and Opinion 39 Distinguishing between what an author knows and what an author believes to be true LESSON 5 Putting It All Together 45 Practice in combining the skills you’ve learned in Lessons 1–4 Contents v STRUCTURE LESSON 6 Start from the Beginning: Chronological Order 53 Working through passages that start at the beginning and finish at the end of a sequence of events LESSON 7 Order of Importance 61 Using the order in the writing to determine what is most important to the author LESSON 8 Similarities and Differences: Compare and Contrast 67 Using comparisons to determine the author’s attitude LESSON 9 Why Do Things Happen? A Look at Cause and Effect 73 The relationship between action and reaction LESSON 10 Being Structurally Sound: Putting It All Together 81 Reviews Lessons 6–9, including identifying the structure used; practice with combined structures LANGUAGE AND STYLE LESSON 11 A Matter of Perspective: Point of View 89 Purposes of first-, second-, and third-person writing LESSON 12 Diction: What’s in a Word? 95 Defining tone from the choice of words LESSON 13 Style: It’s Not What They Say but How They Say It 101 Sentence structure; degree of detail, description, and formality LESSON 14 How They Say It, Part Two: Tone 107 How tone influences meaning LESSON 15 Word Power: Putting It All Together 111 Reviews Lessons 11–14 READING BETWEEN THE LINES LESSON 16 Finding the Implied Main Idea 119 Making inferences, determining an unstated purpose LESSON 17 Assuming Causes and Predicting Effects 125 Reading between the lines, implied action and reaction LESSON 18 Emotional Versus Logical Appeals 131 Being aware of strong and weak arguments – CONTENTS– vi LESSON 19 Finding Meaning in Literature 137 Identifying themes, working with poetry LESSON 20 Drawing Conclusions: Putting It All Together 143 Reviews Lessons 1–19 POSTTEST 149 APPENDIX A Preparing for a Standardized Test 169 APPENDIX B Additional Resources 175 – CONTENTS– vii . 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 comprehension and critical. Lessons 11–14 READING BETWEEN THE LINES LESSON 16 Finding the Implied Main Idea 119 Making inferences, determining an unstated purpose LESSON 17 Assuming Causes and Predicting Effects 125 Reading between. Information 19 How to be an active reader, picking up clues in what you read LESSON 2 Finding the Main Idea 27 Looking beyond the facts, considering the author’s motive LESSON 3 Defining Vocabulary