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Reading and All That Jazz, an introductory-to-intermediate reading text, motivates and engages readers with contemporary and relevant readings while building the essential reading skills and vocabulary needed for literal and critical comprehension. With multiple practice opportunities and an adaptive learning plan via Connect Reading, Reading and All That Jazz provides for genuine thinking, assessment, and interpretation.
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Mather/McCarthy Reading and All That Jazz 6/ePrefaceWalkthroughPart 1 Getting a Handle on CollegeIntroduction: Your First Week in ClassASSIGNMENT SHEETSYOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENTTIMED READINGREADING: Excerpt from Speaking of Success: Sonia SotomayorCALCULATING YOUR READING RATEStudy Technique 1: SkimmingREADING: Excerpt from Power Learning by Robert S. Feldman - "Motivation"READING: Excerpt from Step Out on Nothing by Byron Pitts - "Keep Your Head Up"Study Technique 2: ScanningREADING: Warren Buffet Offers Advice to StudentsChapter Summary and ReviewCONTEXT CLUESWORD STRUCTURE: ROOTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXESDICTIONARY USEADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGESDICTIONARY ORGANIZATIONWORD CARDSVOCABULARY SUMMARY AND REVIEWChapter 2 Becoming an Effective Learner: Finding Out About YourselfHOW YOU LEARNStudy Technique 3: Marking Written Material: Underlining, Highlighting, and AnnotatingREADING: "Naming Defines and Differentiates Us," excerpt from Interpersonal Communication by Kory FloydAUDITORY, VISUAL, AND KINESTHETIC LEARNING STYLESDAY VERSUS NIGHT PEOPLEREADING: "The Two Most Dangerous Hours of Your Day" by Lowell PonteLEFT-BRAIN AND RIGHT-BRAIN ORIENTATION: WHICH ONE ARE YOU?MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS?READING: "Strive to Be the Best You Can Be," excerpt from First Things by Kurt and Brenda WarnerSTUDY SCHEDULESStudy Technique 4: SQ3R A Classic Way to StudyREADING: "Learning the Skills You Need to Succeed Today and Tomorrow," excerpt from Understanding Business by William NickelsStudy Technique 5: Tips on Taking Effective Lecture NotesChapter Summary and ReviewPart 2 Discovering Meaning Through StructureChapter 3 Topics, Main Ideas, and DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN GENERAL AND SPECIFICVARYING POSITIONS FOR MAIN IDEASPARAGRAPH DIAGRAMSREVIEW TEST 1: Topics, Main Ideas, and DetailsREVIEW TEST 2: Topics, Main Ideas, and DetailsREVIEW TEST 3: Topics, Main Ideas, and DetailsWRITING A PARAPHRASEREADING: "Fire Ants Have a Good Defense," excerpt from Concepts of Biology by Sylvia A. MaderCOMBINING SENTENCESMAKING SURE YOU HAVE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE IMPLIED MAIN IDEAREADING: "Global Food Rules," excerpt from Parenting Without Borders by Christine Gross-LohREADING: "Ban Cell Phones, Unless Under Squid Attack," by Dave BarryCHAPTER SUMMARYChapter 4 Organizing Textbook InformationWORKING WITH STUDY SKILLS AND VISUAL AIDSStudy Technique 6: Further Practice With Underlining, Highlighting, and AnnotatingStudy Technique 7: OutliningStudy Technique 8: MappingStudy Technique 9: Writing Summaries, Method 1READING: "The Secret of Memory," excerpt frpm P.O.W.E.R. Learning Strategies for Success in College and Life by Robert S. FeldmanDIAGRAMSFLOWCHARTSBAR GRAPHSLINE GRAPHSTABLESPIE CHARTSMAPSPHOTOSCARTOONSCHAPTER SUMMARY AND REVIEWChapter 5 Determining an Author's PurposeAUTHOR'S PURPOSE: TO ENTERTAIN, INFORM, OR PERSUADE?TO ENTERTAINTO INFORMTO PERSUADEGENERAL AND SPECIFIC PURPOSESMULTIPLE PURPOSESREADING: "The Conveyer Belt Ladies," excerpt from Farmworkers Daughter-Growing Up Mexican in America by Rosa Castillo GuilbaultREADING: "Consumer Credit," excerpt from Personal Finance by Jack KapoorREADING: "Students Who Push Burgers" by Walter Minot StudyTechnique 10: Writing Summaries MethodREADING: "The Black Widow" by Gordon GriceREVIEW TEST 4: Topics, Main Ideas, Details, and PurposeChapter Summary and ReviewChapter 6 Transition Words and Patterns of OrganizationINTRODUCTION TO CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISIONCAUSE AND EFFECTCOMPARISON-CONTRASTSTEPS IN A PROCESSEXAMPLESDEFINITIONCHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLISTINGSPATIAL ORDERADDITIONRELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AND BETWEEN SENTENCESREADING: "Road Rage," excerpt from Criminal Justice by Freda Adler, et. al;REVIEW TEST 5: Main Ideas, Details, Purpose, Transitions, and Patterns of OrganizationChapter Summary and ReviewChapter 7 Patterns of Organization in Reading SelectionsINTRODUCTION TO COMPARISON-CONTRASTREADING: "My World Now" by Anna Mae Halgrim SeaverStudy Technique 11: Completing a Comparison-Contract ChartExamples and ListingREADING: "Identity Theft and How to Avoid It," excerpt from Computing NOW by Glen J. CoulthardREVIEW TEST 6: Transition Words and Patterns of OrganizationCATEGORIES AND STEPS IN A PROCESSREADING: "Getting In: Forming Romantic Relationships" and "Getting Out: Ending Romantic Relationships," excerpt from Interpersonal Communication by Kory FloydCHRONOLOGICAL ORDERREADING: "Thank You Ma'm" by Langston HughesCAUSE AND EFFECTREADING: "Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media's Message Matter?" excerpt from Understanding Psychology by Robert S. FeldmanCHAPTER SUMMARY AND REVIEWINFERENCESREADING: "The Shepherd's Daughter," excerpt from The Shepherd's Daughter, by William SaroyanREADING: "Complaining," excerpt from Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now, by Maya AngelouREADING: "Abraham Lincoln Denies a Loan," by Abraham LincolnREADING: "El Dia de los Muertos the Day of the Dead," excerpt from Core Concepts in Health, by Paul M. Insel and Walton T. RothREVIEW TEST 7: Main Ideas, Details, Purpose, Transitions, Patterns of Organization, and InferenceChapter Summary and ReviewPERSONIFICATIONSIMILESMETAPHORSPERSONIFICATIONREADING: "The Love of My Life," excerpt from The Best of Ann Landers, by Ann LandersREADING: "Guernica," Excerpt from Living with Art, by Rita GilbertREADING: "The Yellow Ribbon" by Pete HamillLITERARY ALLUSIONSCULTURAL LITERARY ASSIGNMENTIMAGERYREADING: "The Jacket" by Gary SotoStudy Technique 12: Practice with time linesChapter Summary and ReviewChapter 10 ToneINFERRING TONEREADING: "The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson" by Leo TolstoyREADING: "Whale of a Rescue" by Anita BartholomewIDENTIFYING IRONYREADING: "A Letter to God" by Gregorio Lopez y FuentesRECOGNIZING SATIRECARICATUREHYPERBOLE (OVERSTATEMENT)UNDERSTATEMENTREADING: "Hurts Rent-A-Gun" by Art Buchwald Chapter Summary and ReviewOPINIONFACTOPINIONREADING: "Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball," excerpt from Experience History Interpreting America's Past, by James West Davidson et al.READING: "Factors Affecting Happiness," excerpt from Marriages and Families, by David H. OlsonREADING: "What's in Your Toothpaste?" excerpt from The Secret House, by David Bodanis Chapter Summary and ReviewREADING: "The Defendant's Characteristics," excerpt from Social Psychology by David G. MyersDENOTATION AND CONNOTATIONEUPHEMISMSREADING: "The Dinner Party" by Mona GardnerREADING: "From a Melted Candy Bar to Microwaves" by Ira FlatlowREADING: "Beyond Stereotypes of Cops" excerpt from The Police in America: An Introduction, by Samuel Walker and Samuel KatzREADING: "The American Environment: Silent Spring," excerpt from American History: A Survey, by Alan BrinkleyREVIEW TEST8: Identifying Author BiasChapter Summary and ReviewChapter 13 Propaganda Techniques, Logical Fallacies, and ArgumentINTRODUCTION TO PERSUASIVE WRITING TECHNIQUESWHAT ARE PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES AND LOGICAL FALLACIES AND HOW ARE THEY USED?ORIGINAL SEVEN PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUESMORE PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES AND LOGICAL FALLACIESREVIEW TEST 9: Propaganda Techniques and Logical FallaciesREADING: "Alcohol and Advertising," excerpt from Core Concepts in Health, by Paul M. Insel and Walton T. RothREADING: "Boosting Smoking Among Women and Children," excerpt from Introduction to Mass Communication, by Stanley J. BaranDRAWING CONCLUSIONS: INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE REASONINGINDUCTIVE REASONINGDEDUCTIVE REASONINGREADING: "TV," excerpt from The Shelter of Each Other, by Mary PipherREADING: "Marijuana Isn't Harmless-Especially For Kids" by Sheila PolkEVALUATING THE EVIDENCE: POLITICAL CARTOONSChapter Summary and ReviewPart 4 Vocabulary UnitsVocabulary Unit 1: Homonyms and Other Confusing WordsVocabulary Unit 2: Word Parts Dealing with NumbersVocabulary Unit 3: Word Parts Dealing with Number and AmountVocabulary Unit 4: Word Parts Dealing with Senses, Size, and WritingVocabulary Unit 5: Word Parts Dealing with Direction and PositionVocabulary Unit 6: Word Parts Dealing with Opposing MeaningsVocabulary Unit 7: Word Parts Dealing with More Opposing MeaningsVocabulary Unit 8: Word Parts and ReviewAppendices Timed Reading Rate information, Questions, and AnswersTest-Taking Techniques Sample Summaries Sample SheetsCreditsIndexNER(01): WOW
