eTextbook 978-0073513591 The Art of Critical Reading 4th Edition – Digital Instant Dowload.

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0073513598
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0073513591
• Author: Mather

Together, The Art of Critical Reading content, the author-created teaching resources, and Connect Reading ( a state-of-the-art learning technology product) represent a cohesive instructional framework to accelerate college readiness. The Art of Critical Reading provides multiple assessment opportunities, engaging and diverse reading selections, and in-context and essential vocabulary content in an integrated print and digital program designed to prepare students for reading in college and beyond. The Art of Critical Reading uses the theme of art to create an exciting and engaging approach to reading and learning. Integrating art themes through reading selections, visuals,and exercises, the new edition offers a wealth of updated exercises and reading selections drawn from a variety of sources (college textbooks, newspapers, magazines, and classic and contemporary literature) to inspire students to read with passion and care.

Table contents:
CHAPTER 1 Developing a College-Level Vocabulary Practice with Vocabulary Words in Context

Part 2 DISCOVERING MEANING THROUGH STRUCTURE

CHAPTER 2 Topics, Main Ideas, and Details Identifying Topics, Main Ideas, and Details

CHAPTER 3 Organizing Textbook Information and Interpreting Visual AidsDoing What Successful Students D
CHAPTER 4 The Author’s Purpose and the Rhetorical Modes Determining the Author’s Purpose

CHAPTER 5 Transition Words and Patterns of OrganizationTransition Words

Part 3 INTERPRETING WHAT WE READ

CHAPTER 6 Inference Introduction to Inference Skills

CHAPTER 7 Figurative Language Figures of Speech

CHAPTER 8 Tone Tone

Part 4 READING CRITICALLY

CHAPTER 9 Fact and Opinion Introduction to Fact and Opinion

CHAPTER 10 Point of View Introduction to Point of View

CHAPTER 11 Bias Introduction to Bias

CHAPTER 12 Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments An Introduction to Argument