TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mather,Peter
AU  - McCarthy,Rita
TI  - The art of critical reading: brushing up on your reading, thinking, and study skills 
SN  - 0073385697
AV  - LB2395.3 .M27 2009
U1  - 428.40711 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Reading (Higher education)
KW  - Critical thinking
KW  - Study skills
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Learning How to Be a Successful Student --; Introduction --; The Scholar (1926); Norman Rockwell --; 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; Marian Wright Edelman --; Vocabulary: Introduction --; Optimism and Success --; Selection: Excerpt from Lucky Man: "A Wake Up Call"; Michael J. Fox --; Selection: Excerpt from Understanding Psychology: "Critical Thinking-Uncommon Sense"; Dennis Coon --; My Uncle Terwilliger on the Art of Eating Popovers; Dr. Seuss --; Life in College and Beyond --; The Persistence of Memory (1931); Salvador Dali --; Portrait of a Successful Student (continued) --; Selection: Excerpt from Concepts in Health; Paul M. Insel, Walton T. Roth --; Underlining, Highlighting, Annotating --; Selection: Excerpt from The Art of Spelling; Marilyn vos Savant --; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving --; Selection: Overcoming Dyslexia; Betsy Morris --; 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"; Stedman Graham --; Test-Taking Tip: Be Prepared --; Discovering Meaning Through Structure --; Topics, Main Ideas, and Details --; Relativity (1953); M. C. Escher --; 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; Brent Staples --; Selection: The Look of a Victim; Loretta Malandro, Larry Barker --; Main Ideas and Details in Textbook Material --; Paraphrasing --; Paraphrasing Quotations --; Paraphrasing a Poem --; Six Men of Indostan; John G. Saxe --; Paraphrasing a Fable --; The Cracked Pot --; Islamic Folk Stories; Nasreddin Hodja --; 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; Dave Barry --; Selection: Excerpt from Gilbert's Living with Art: "Public Art"; Mark Getlein --; 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); Jacques-Louis David --; 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; Robert S. Feldman --; Outlining --; Author's Purpose: To Entertain --; Selection: The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse; Aesop --; Author's Purpose: To Persuade --; Crossings; Judith Ortiz Cofer --; Selection: Excerpt from Interpreting Art: "Interpreting Out Loud"; Terry Barrett --; Selection: Life On The Edge; Karl Taro Greenfeld --; 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); Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio --; 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; Stoddard King --; Listing --; And The Third Biggest Lie Is; Ann Landers --; 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; Jodi Wilgoren --; 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"; Mark Getlein --; Test-Taking Tip: Dealing with Test-Taking Anxiety --; Interpreting What We Read --; Inference --; The Horse Fair (1853); Rosa Bonheur --; Introduction to Inference Skills --; Barney; Will Stanton --; A Remote-Controlled Rat: Using Robotics, Researchers Give Upgrade to Lowly Rats --; Study Sees Job for Rodents at Disaster Sites; Kenneth Chang --; Drawing Inferences from Textbook Material --; Drawing Inferences from Literature --; Selection: The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator; Charles Finney --; Drawing Inferences from Cartoons --; The Wolf in Fables; Aesop --; Selection: Excerpt from Wolf Songs: "George"; Farley Mowat --; Selection: Excerpt from Seabiscuit: "The Race of the Century"; Laura Hillenbrand --; Selection: Excerpt from Living with Art: "Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)"; Rita Gilbert --; Test-Taking Tips: Creating Review Tools --; Figurative Language --; The Two Fridas (1939); Frida Kahlo --; Types of Figurative Language --; Identifying Similes, Metaphors, and Personification --; Interpreting Figurative Language --; Identifying and Interpreting Figurative Comparisons --; Analyzing Figurative Language in Poetry --; Symposium; Paul Muldoon --; The First Book; Rita Dove --; Selection: To Be of Use; Marge Piercy --; Analyzing Figurative Language in Fiction --; Excerpt from Caramelo: "Acapulco"; Sandra Cisneros --; Analyzing Figurative Language In Nonfiction --; Selection: Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall; Diane Ackerman --; The Use of Symbols --; Color Communication --; Imagery --; Analyzing Imagery --; Selection: Excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: "Heaven and Earth in Jest"; Annie Dillard --; Main Ideas and Supporting Details, Transition Words, Vocabulary in Context, and Imagery --; Excerpt from Frida: "Accident and Aftermath"; Hayden Herrera --; Selection: From the Subway to the Streets; Nina Siegal --; Test-Taking Tip: Taking Multiple-Choice Tests --; Tone --; American Gothic (1930); Grant Wood --; Inferring Tone --; Identifying Tone --; Identifying Tone in Textbook Material --; Determining Tone in Literature --; Exercise: Detecting Tone --; Daughter's Friend Is a Boy; Art Buchwald --; Irony and Satire --; Exercise: Identifying Irony and Satire --; Bodybuilders' Contest; Wislawa Szymborska --; Selection: Waiting in Life's Long Lines; Tom Mather --; Selection: The Art Breakers; Patrick Rogers, Peter Mikelbank --; Test-Taking Tip: Taking Multiple-Choice Tests (continued) --; Reading Critically --; Fact and Opinion --; Mona Lisa (1503); Leonardo da Vinci --; Introduction to Fact and Opinion --; Identifying Facts and Opinions --; Identifying Facts and Opinions --; Selection: Excerpt from Introduction to Psychology: "Pseudopsychology-Astrology"; Dennis Coon --; Selection: Excerpt from Don't Know Much About the Universe: "What Does Astrology Have to Do with Astronomy?"; Kenneth C. Davis --; Selection: A Review of The Sixth Sense; Roger Ebert --; Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion --; Selection: Excerpt from Core Concepts in Health: "Herbal Remedies-Are They Safe?"; Paul M. Insel, Walton Roth --; Selection: When Health Supplements May Do Harm; Benjamin J. Ansell, M.D --; Selection: Are We Dying to Be Thin?; Mary Carmichael --; Evaluating Health News --; The Facts About Health Information on the Internet --; Supporting Details and Inference --; Excerpt from Gilbert's Living with Art: "Vincenzo Perugia"; Mark Getlein --; Test-Taking Tip: Improving Your Performance on Essay Tests (1) --; Point of View --; Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1981-1983); Maya Ying Lin --; Introduction to Point of View --; Identifying Point of View --; Identifying an Author's Point of View in Textbook Material --; Selection: Popular Mechanics; Raymond Carver --; Selection: The Lady or the Tiger?; Frank R. Stockton --; Selection: Excerpt from America Past and Present: "Surviving Vietnam"; Robert A. Divine --; 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); Honore Daumier --; 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"; Myra Sadker, David Sadker --; Selection: Textbook Bias Cops Ban Ideas: "Kids' Free Thought Loses to Sensitivity"; Diane Ravitch --; Excerpt from Teachers, Schools, and Society: "Where Do You Stand?"; Myra Sadker, David Sadker --; Multiculturalism versus Core Curriculum --; Selection: Excerpt from Teachers, Schools, and Society: "Cultural Literacy or Cultural Imperialism?"; Myra Sadker, David Sadker --; Selection: Excerpt from The Death of the West: "The New History"; Patrick J. Buchanan --; Is the United States Going Test Crazy? --; Exercise: Identifying Bias in Textbook Material --; Exercise: Identifying Bias --; Selection: Excerpt from Mass Media Mass Culture: "Propaganda"; James R. Wilson, Stan LeRoy Wilson --; Exercise: Identifying Propaganda Devices --; Test-Taking Tip: Improving Your Performance on Essay Tests (3) --; Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments --; Trial by Jury (1964); Thomas Hart Benton --; 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"; David McCullough --; Venn Diagram --; Selection: Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin: An American Life: "Benjamin Franklin-Declaring Independence"; Walter Isaacson --; Annotating-An Example: The Declaration of Independence --; Selection: Excerpt from The Majesty of the Law: "The Evolution of the Bill of Rights"; Sandra Day O'Connor --; 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); Auguste Rodin --; 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; Elissa Ely --; Selection: The Good Death: Embracing a Right to Die Well; Sheryl Gay Stolberg --; Selection: Excerpt from Core Concepts in Health: "El Dia de los Muertos-The Day of the Dead"; Paul M. Insel, Walton T. Roth --; Animal Rights --; Selection: Excerpt from Animal Experimentation Raises Ethical Questions; Eli C. Minkoff, Pamela J. Baker --; Selection: The Monkey Wars; Deborah Blum --; Selection: An excerpt from Ddminion; Matthew Scully --; Test-Taking Tip: Key Words That Often Appear in Essay Questions (Continued) --; Study Skills --; Organizing Textbook Information --; Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin (1995); Christo, Jeanne-Claude --; Studying Textbook Chapters --; Skimming --; Scanning --; Annotating --; Outlining --; Mapping --; Comparison-Contrast Chart --; Venn Diagram --; Selection: Chapter 13 The Arts; Conrad Phillip Kottack --; 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
N2  - "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
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