Houghton Mifflin college reading series
By: Houghton Mifflin
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 609
ISBN-13: 9780618541881
Subjects: College readers; Problems, exercises; Reading (Higher education)
Other titles: Houghton Mifflin college reading series : book 3; College reading series : book 3
Description: The Houghton Mifflin College Reading Series, Book Three, second edition, is designed to help you improve your reading skills and strategies and prepare you for your academic reading workload - all at an affordable price. The readings included in the text come from a wide variety of contemporary sources, ensuring that you enjoy what you are reading while you master your reading skills. Features: affordable price: this textbook offers you the same content and exercises as other books on the market for roughly one-third of the price; Real readings: selections are taken from sources you will encounter in your daily life, such as newspapers, magazines, and textbooks; Take charge of your own learning: chapter objectives are stated clearly so that you can focus your attention on the essentials; Focus on academic achievement: tips and selected readings for studying and for succeeding in school are integrated throughout the text; Test your knowledge: there is ample opportunity for self-assessment with the chapter Test Yourself sections, in-chapter exercises, chapter Tests, and Combined Skills Tests; Hone your critical thinking skills; and Enhance your vocabulary: every chapter covers a particular vocabulary concept, and footnotes define many of the more difficult words that appear in exercises, examples, and readings. - Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Preface -- -- ch. 1.; title: Improving reading and thinking --; title: Goals for chapter 1 --; title: Reading and better thinking --; title: How to improve reading skills --; title: How this book will help you improve your reading --; title: Chapter 1 review --; title: Reading strategy : active reading --; title: Reading selections --; title: Textbook selection,; title: New Americans from Europe  -- from -- Making America; title: Magazine selection,; title: We have been here before  -- George F. Will; title: Literary selection,; title: In the American society  -- Gish Jen; title: Vocabulary : using the dictionary --; title: Chapter 1 tests -- -- ch. 2.; title: Main ideas --; title: Goals for chapter 2 --; title: Test yourself --; title: General and specific --; title: Determining the topic --; title: Determining the main idea -- -- The; title: topic sentence --; title: Locations of topic sentences --; title: Longer selections : topic, main idea, and thesis --; title: Chapter 2 review --; title: Reading selection -- -- The; title: honesty virus  -- Clive Thompson; title: Vocabulary : synonyms --; title: Reading strategy : creating an effective reading environment --; title: Chapter 2 tests -- -- ch. 3.; title: Supporting details, mapping, and outlining --; title: Goals for chapter 3 --; title: Test yourself --; title: Supporting details --; title: Major and minor details --; title: Transitions --; title: Mapping and outlining --; title: Reading longer selections --; title: Chapter 3 review --; title: Reading selection -- -- The; title: legacy of generation Ñ  -- Christy Haubegger; title: Vocabulary : context and meaning --; title: Reading strategy : reading and time management --; title: Chapter 3 tests --; title: ch. 4.; title: Implied main ideas --; title: Goals for chapter 4 --; title: Test yourself --; title: Understanding implied main ideas --; title: Determining implied main ideas --; title: Reading longer selections --; title: Chapter 4 review --; title: Reading selection --; title: From Lives in the balance  -- Mike Rose; title: Vocabulary : the definition/restatement context clue --; title: Reading strategy : SQ3R --; title: Chapter 4 tests -- -- ch. 5.; title: Transitions --; title: Goals for chapter 5 --; title: Test yourself --; title: Characteristics of transitions --; title: Transition words that indicate a series --; title: Transition words that indicate time order --; title: Transition words that indicate cause/effect --; title: Transition words that indicate comparison/contrast --; title: Transition words that indicate definition --; title: Transitions in combinations of patterns --; title: Reading longer selections --; title: Chapter 5 review --; title: Reading selection -- -- A; title: potpourri of pooches  -- Peter Tyson; title: Vocabulary : the explanation context clue --; title: Reading strategy : summarizing --; title: Chapter 5 tests -- -- ch. 6.; title: Patterns of organization --; title: Goals for chapter 6 --; title: Test yourself --; title: Topic sentences --; title: Series --; title: Time order --; title: Cause/effect --; title: Comparison/contrast --; title: Definition --; title: Combinations of patterns --; title: Reading longer selections --; title: Chapter 6 review --; title: Reading selection --; title: Southern comforts  -- Ann Patchett; title: Vocabulary : the example context clue --; title: Reading strategy : taking notes --; title: Chapter 6 tests --; title: ch. 7.; title: Inferences --; title: Goals for chapter 7 --; title: Test yourself --; title: Making inferences --; title: Guidelines for  making accurate inferences --; title: Making inferences in literature --; title: Chapter 7 review --; title: Reading selection --; title: India's American imports  -- Adam Hochschild; title: Vocabulary : the contrast context clue --; title: Reading strategy : keeping a reading journal --; title: Chapter 7 tests -- -- ch. 8.; title: Purpose and tone --; title: Goals for chapter 8 --; title: Test yourself --; title: Purpose --; title: Bias and tone --; title: Chapter 8 review --; title: Reading selection -- -- The; title: false controversy of stem cells  -- Michael Kinsley; title: Vocabulary : formal vs. informal language --; title: Reading strategy :  REAP -- -- ch. 9.; title: Critical reading 1 --; title: Goals for chapter 9 --; title: Test yourself -- -- The; title: two components of argument : point and support --; title: Chapter 9 review --; title: Reading selection --; title: Debunking the digital divide  -- Robert J. Samuelson; title: Vocabulary : figures of speech --; title: Reading strategy : skimming --; title: Chapter 9 tests -- -- ch. 10.; title: Critical reading 2 --; title: Goals for chapter 10 --; title: Test yourself --; title: Distinguishing fact from opinion --; title: Informed vs. uninformed opinion --; title: Logical fallacies --; title: Deciding for yourself --; title: Chapter 10 review --; title: Reading selection --; title: Blowing smoke on taxes  -- Harvard Crimson; title: Vocabulary : review --; title: Reading strategy : scanning --; title: Chapter 10 tests --; title: Combined skills tests --; title: In 2,000 years, will the world remember Disney or Plato?  -- Mark Rice-Oxley; title: Cubicle with a view  -- Liza Mundy; title: Superhero nation  -- James Poniewozik; title: Communication functions : character and personality  -- Martin S. Remland; title: Index.