The art of critical reading : brushing up on your reading, thinking, and study skills /
Peter Mather, Rita McCarthy.
- Second edition.
- xxix, 591 pages, 30 variously numbered pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Learning How to Be a Successful Student -- Introduction -- The Scholar (1926) / Portrait of a Successful Student -- Learning Styles -- The Syllabus -- Review of an Art History Syllabus -- Review of Your Own Course Syllabus -- Crossword Puzzle -- Selection: Commencement Address / Vocabulary: Introduction -- Optimism and Success -- Selection: Excerpt from Lucky Man: "A Wake Up Call" / Selection: Excerpt from Understanding Psychology: "Critical Thinking-Uncommon Sense" / My Uncle Terwilliger on the Art of Eating Popovers / Life in College and Beyond -- The Persistence of Memory (1931) / Portrait of a Successful Student (continued) -- Selection: Excerpt from Concepts in Health / Underlining, Highlighting, Annotating -- Selection: Excerpt from The Art of Spelling / Critical Thinking and Problem Solving -- Selection: Overcoming Dyslexia / Vocabulary: Words in Context -- Context Clues: Exercise 1 -- Context Clues: Exercise 2 -- Context Clues: Exercise 3 -- SQ3R Study Method -- Find Your Procrastination Quotient -- And One More Thing! -- Selection: Excerpt from You Can Make it Happen: "Win by a Decision" / Test-Taking Tip: Be Prepared -- Discovering Meaning Through Structure -- Topics, Main Ideas, and Details -- Relativity (1953) / Topics and Main Ideas -- Exercise: Locating Topics in Textbook Material -- Exercise: Locating Main Ideas in Textbook Material -- Exercise: Locating Supporting Details in Textbook Material -- Exercise: Identifying Main and Supporting Ideas and Diagramming Paragraphs in Textbook Material -- Selection: Black Men and Public Space / Selection: The Look of a Victim / Main Ideas and Details in Textbook Material -- Paraphrasing -- Paraphrasing Quotations -- Paraphrasing a Poem -- Six Men of Indostan / Paraphrasing a Fable -- The Cracked Pot -- Islamic Folk Stories / Formulating Implied Main Ideas in Textbook Material -- Exercise: Formulating Implied Main Ideas in Textbook Material -- Selection: Excerpt from Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down / Selection: Excerpt from Gilbert's Living with Art: "Public Art" / Summarizing Short Articles -- Vocabulary: Homonyms and Other Confusing Words (Unit 1) -- Homonym Quiz -- Crossword Puzzle -- Test-Taking Tip: Day of the Test -- The Author's Purpose and the Rhetorical Modes -- The Oath of the Horatii (1784) / Determining the Author's Purpose -- Exercise: Determining the Author's Purpose -- Exercise: Identifying the Clues That Indicate the Author's Purpose and Main Idea -- An Introduction to the Rhetorical Modes -- Author's Purpose: To Inform -- Selection: Excerpt from Understanding Psychology / Outlining -- Author's Purpose: To Entertain -- Selection: The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse / Author's Purpose: To Persuade -- Crossings / Selection: Excerpt from Interpreting Art: "Interpreting Out Loud" / Selection: Life On The Edge / Context Clue Practice Using Textbook Material -- Vocabulary: Homonyms and Other Confusing Words (Unit 2) -- Homonym Quiz -- Crossword Puzzle -- Test-Taking Tip: After the Test Is Returned -- Transition Words and Patterns of Organization -- The Cardsharps (1594) / Transition Words -- Exercise: Using Transition Words -- Locus of Control -- Some Common Patterns of Organization -- Classification or Division -- Lies, Lies, Lies -- Cause and Effect -- Examples and Illustration -- Comparison-Contrast -- Creating a Comparison-Contrast Chart -- Main Ideas, Details, Purpose, Patterns of Organization, Transitions -- Crime at Its Best / Listing -- And The Third Biggest Lie Is / Steps in a Process -- Definition -- Burglary -- Mapping -- Chronological Order -- Brancusi's Bird: Manufactured Metal or Work of Art -- Time Lines -- Identifying Patterns of Organization in Textbook Material -- Selection: School Cheating Scandal Tests a Town's Values / Study Technique 8: Summarizing Longer Articles -- Transition Words, Main Ideas and Supporting Details, and Vocabulary in Context -- Excerpt from Gilbert's Living with Art: "Whose Grave Is This Anyway" / Test-Taking Tip: Dealing with Test-Taking Anxiety -- Interpreting What We Read -- Inference -- The Horse Fair (1853) / Introduction to Inference Skills -- Barney / A Remote-Controlled Rat: Using Robotics, Researchers Give Upgrade to Lowly Rats -- Study Sees Job for Rodents at Disaster Sites / Drawing Inferences from Textbook Material -- Drawing Inferences from Literature -- Selection: The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator / Drawing Inferences from Cartoons -- The Wolf in Fables / Selection: Excerpt from Wolf Songs: "George" / Selection: Excerpt from Seabiscuit: "The Race of the Century" / Selection: Excerpt from Living with Art: "Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)" / Test-Taking Tips: Creating Review Tools -- Figurative Language -- The Two Fridas (1939) / Types of Figurative Language -- Identifying Similes, Metaphors, and Personification -- Interpreting Figurative Language -- Identifying and Interpreting Figurative Comparisons -- Analyzing Figurative Language in Poetry -- Symposium / The First Book / Selection: To Be of Use / Analyzing Figurative Language in Fiction -- Excerpt from Caramelo: "Acapulco" / Analyzing Figurative Language In Nonfiction -- Selection: Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall / The Use of Symbols -- Color Communication -- Imagery -- Analyzing Imagery -- Selection: Excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: "Heaven and Earth in Jest" / Main Ideas and Supporting Details, Transition Words, Vocabulary in Context, and Imagery -- Excerpt from Frida: "Accident and Aftermath" / Selection: From the Subway to the Streets / Test-Taking Tip: Taking Multiple-Choice Tests -- Tone -- American Gothic (1930) / Inferring Tone -- Identifying Tone -- Identifying Tone in Textbook Material -- Determining Tone in Literature -- Norman Rockwell -- Marian Wright Edelman -- Michael J. Fox -- Dennis Coon -- Dr. Seuss -- Salvador Dali -- Paul M. Insel, Walton T. Roth -- Marilyn vos Savant -- Betsy Morris -- Stedman Graham -- M. C. Escher -- Brent Staples -- Loretta Malandro, Larry Barker -- John G. Saxe -- Nasreddin Hodja -- Dave Barry -- Mark Getlein -- Jacques-Louis David -- Robert S. Feldman -- Aesop -- Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Terry Barrett -- Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio -- Stoddard King -- Ann Landers -- Jodi Wilgoren -- Mark Getlein -- Rosa Bonheur -- Will Stanton -- Kenneth Chang -- Charles Finney -- Aesop -- Farley Mowat -- Laura Hillenbrand -- Rita Gilbert -- Frida Kahlo -- Paul Muldoon -- Rita Dove -- Marge Piercy -- Sandra Cisneros -- Diane Ackerman -- Annie Dillard -- Hayden Herrera -- Nina Siegal -- Grant Wood -- Exercise: Detecting Tone -- Daughter's Friend Is a Boy / Irony and Satire -- Exercise: Identifying Irony and Satire -- Bodybuilders' Contest / Selection: Waiting in Life's Long Lines / Selection: The Art Breakers / Test-Taking Tip: Taking Multiple-Choice Tests (continued) -- Reading Critically -- Fact and Opinion -- Mona Lisa (1503) / Introduction to Fact and Opinion -- Identifying Facts and Opinions -- Identifying Facts and Opinions -- Selection: Excerpt from Introduction to Psychology: "Pseudopsychology-Astrology" / Selection: Excerpt from Don't Know Much About the Universe: "What Does Astrology Have to Do with Astronomy?" / Selection: A Review of The Sixth Sense / Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion -- Selection: Excerpt from Core Concepts in Health: "Herbal Remedies-Are They Safe?" / Selection: When Health Supplements May Do Harm / Selection: Are We Dying to Be Thin? / Evaluating Health News -- The Facts About Health Information on the Internet -- Supporting Details and Inference -- Excerpt from Gilbert's Living with Art: "Vincenzo Perugia" / Test-Taking Tip: Improving Your Performance on Essay Tests (1) -- Point of View -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1981-1983) / Introduction to Point of View -- Identifying Point of View -- Identifying an Author's Point of View in Textbook Material -- Selection: Popular Mechanics / Selection: The Lady or the Tiger? / Selection: Excerpt from America Past and Present: "Surviving Vietnam" / Vietnam War Memorial: Multiple Points of View -- What's In A Name -- Vietnam Memorial War -- What Happens When a Woman Designs a War Monument? -- Vietnam Memorial -- Boundaries -- A Quiet Place for Personal Reflection -- Test-Taking Tip: Improving Your Performance on Essay Tests (2) -- Bias -- The Uprising (1848) / Introduction to Bias -- Denotative and Connotative Language -- Recognizing Connotative Meaning -- Identifying Connotative Language -- Using Connotative Language -- Euphemism -- Exercise: Identifying Euphemisms -- Selection: Excerpt from Teachers, Schools, and Society: "Seven Forms of Bias" / Selection: Textbook Bias Cops Ban Ideas: "Kids' Free Thought Loses to Sensitivity" / Excerpt from Teachers, Schools, and Society: "Where Do You Stand?" / Multiculturalism versus Core Curriculum -- Selection: Excerpt from Teachers, Schools, and Society: "Cultural Literacy or Cultural Imperialism?" / Selection: Excerpt from The Death of the West: "The New History" / Is the United States Going Test Crazy? -- Exercise: Identifying Bias in Textbook Material -- Exercise: Identifying Bias -- Selection: Excerpt from Mass Media Mass Culture: "Propaganda" / Exercise: Identifying Propaganda Devices -- Test-Taking Tip: Improving Your Performance on Essay Tests (3) -- Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments -- Trial by Jury (1964) / Identifying Arguments -- Evaluating Arguments -- An Introduction to Logical Fallacies -- Exercise: Identifying Logical Fallacies -- Exercise: Identifying Arguments -- Our Heritage: Legal and Political -- Selection: Excerpt from John Adams: "Jefferson, Adams, and the Declaration of Independence" / Venn Diagram -- Selection: Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin: An American Life: "Benjamin Franklin-Declaring Independence" / Annotating-An Example: The Declaration of Independence -- Selection: Excerpt from The Majesty of the Law: "The Evolution of the Bill of Rights" / The Bill of Rights -- Five Tests of Your Freedoms The USA Weekend First Amendment Center Poll -- Test-Taking Tip: Key Words That Often Appear in Essay Questions -- Evaluating the Evidence -- The Thinker (1880) / Evaluating Persuasive Writing -- Characteristics of the Audience -- Outlining -- Introduction to Deductive and Inductive Reasoning -- Exercise: Identifying Inductive and Deductive Arguments -- Death and Dying -- Selection: Dreaming of Disconnecting a Respirator / Selection: The Good Death: Embracing a Right to Die Well / Selection: Excerpt from Core Concepts in Health: "El Dia de los Muertos-The Day of the Dead" / Animal Rights -- Selection: Excerpt from Animal Experimentation Raises Ethical Questions / Selection: The Monkey Wars / Selection: An excerpt from Ddminion / Test-Taking Tip: Key Words That Often Appear in Essay Questions (Continued) -- Study Skills -- Organizing Textbook Information -- Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin (1995) / Studying Textbook Chapters -- Skimming -- Scanning -- Annotating -- Outlining -- Mapping -- Comparison-Contrast Chart -- Venn Diagram -- Selection: Chapter 13 The Arts / Test-Taking Tip: Preparing for Standardized Tests -- Vocabulary -- Vocabulary Units -- Unit 1 -- Unit 2 -- Unit 3 -- Unit 4 -- Unit 5 -- Unit 6 -- Unit 7 -- Unit 8 -- Test-Taking Tip: Taking Standardized Tests -- Appendices -- Visual Aids -- Using a Thesaurus -- Spelling Tips -- Sample Summary -- Vocabulary Word Parts -- Internet Site Evaluation Sheet. Art Buchwald -- Wislawa Szymborska -- Tom Mather -- Patrick Rogers, Peter Mikelbank -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Dennis Coon -- Kenneth C. Davis -- Roger Ebert -- Paul M. Insel, Walton Roth -- Benjamin J. Ansell, M.D -- Mary Carmichael -- Mark Getlein -- Maya Ying Lin -- Raymond Carver -- Frank R. Stockton -- Robert A. Divine -- Honore Daumier -- Myra Sadker, David Sadker -- Diane Ravitch -- Myra Sadker, David Sadker -- Myra Sadker, David Sadker -- Patrick J. Buchanan -- James R. Wilson, Stan LeRoy Wilson -- Thomas Hart Benton -- David McCullough -- Walter Isaacson -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- Auguste Rodin -- Elissa Ely -- Sheryl Gay Stolberg -- Paul M. Insel, Walton T. Roth -- Eli C. Minkoff, Pamela J. Baker -- Deborah Blum -- Matthew Scully -- Christo, Jeanne-Claude -- Conrad Phillip Kottack --
"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."--Publisher description.
0073385697 9780073385693
2008017006
Reading (Higher education) Critical thinking Study skills