Title: The thinker's guide to how to read a paragraph : the art of close reading, based on critical thinking concepts & tools /
Authors: Paul, Richard; Elder, Linda, 1962-
Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Reading comprehension.; Paragraphs.; English language Paragraphs; Thought and thinking Study and teaching
Contents: Theory. The premise of this guide -- Reading for a purpose -- Considering the author's purpose -- Developing a "map" of knowledge -- Avoiding impressionistic reading and writing -- Reading reflectively -- Thinking about reading while reading -- Student-generated map of knowledge -- Faculty-generated map of knowledge -- Engaging a text -- Books are teachers -- Reading minds -- The work of reading -- Five levels of close reading -- Structural reading -- How to read a sentence -- How to read a paragraph -- How to read a textbook -- How to read a newspaper -- How to read an editorial -- Taking ownership: mark it up -- Reading to learn -- Reading to understand systems of thought -- Reading within disciplines -- The art of close reading -- Practice. Exercises in close reading -- The declaration of independence, Thomas Jefferson et. al. -- Civil disobedience, Henry David Thoreau -- The nineteenth-century American, Henry Steele Commager -- The art of loving, Erich Fromm -- Corn-pone opinions, Mark Twain -- The revolt of the masses, Jose Ortega y Gasset -- The true believer, Eric Hoffer -- The idea of education, John Henry Newman -- Appendices. Sample paraphrases -- Analyzing the logic of an article, essay, or chapter -- Analyzing the logic of a textbook -- The logic of ecology -- References.