Full Description
Critical Reading, Critical Thinking uses compelling contemporary issues to engage students in reading and thinking about a range of relevant topics and encourages them to apply the skills presented in the text to everyday issues. Each passage or reading is followed by thought-provoking questions that motivate students to use higher-level thinking strategies to address or respond to the issue.
Contents
Every chapter begins with To Think About! and ends with Think Again! And Looking Back...Looking Forward features. Every chapter includes two to four Mastery Tests.
PART ONE B A C K T O B A S I C S
CHAPTER 1 Understanding Vocabulary: A Review
The Power of Words
Using Context Clues
Using Word Parts: Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes
Recognizing Word Denotation and Connotation
Using a Glossary
Using the Dictionary
Learning and Reviewing Vocabulary Words
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CHAPTER 2 Understanding What You Read: A Review
Distinguishing Topics, Main Ideas, Major Details, and Minor Details
Recognizing Patterns of Organization
Uncovering the Central Message of a Longer Selection
Summarizing and Paraphrasing
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Fair Evangeline
CHAPTER 3 Getting the Most Out of Your Textbooks: A Review
Overviewing Your Textbooks
Previewing Textbook Chapters
Reading a Textbook Chapter Critically: Questions and Answers
Textbook Reading Strategies: SQ4R, Concept Mapping, and KWL
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Witness the Cat
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
PART TWO D E A L I N G W I T H C O M P L E X I T Y
CHAPTER 4 Critical Thinking and Contemporary Issues
Critical Thinking Versus Random Thinking
Benefits and Uses of Critical Thinking
Characteristics of Critical Thinking
Critical Listening
What Is a Contemporary Issue?
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
CHAPTER 5 Basic Problem Solving
Problem-Solving Exercise
What Is a Problem? 2
What Is a Solution?
How Do You Solve Problems?
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
A Basic Method for Personal Problem Solving
Applying the Method to a Typical Problem Situation
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Problem Solving
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
PART THREE C R I T I C A L R E A D I N G : E V A L U A T I N G W H AT Y O U R E A D
CHAPTER 6 Using Inference
Problem-Solving Exercise 2
What Is Critical Reading?
Drawing Inferences
Looking at the World with a Questioning Mind
Using Inferences with Contemporary Issues and Problem Solving
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CHAPTER 7 Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions
Problem-Solving Exercise
What Is a Fact?
What Is an Opinion?
Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions
Facts and Opinions in Combination
Relating Facts and Opinions to Problem Solving and Contemporary Issues
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Fact and Opinion
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CHAPTER 8 Recognizing Purpose and Tone
Problem-Solving Exercise
The Importance of Recognizing Purpose
Eye on Vocabulary
The Importance of Recognizing Tone
Eye on Vocabulary
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CHAPTER 9 Looking at Advertisements and the Internet with a Critical Eye
Problem-Solving Exercise
Advertisements and Critical Thinking
Evaluating an Advertisement
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Advertisements
Evaluating E-Mails
Evaluating Web Sites
Eye on Vocabulary 427
WSI: Web Site Investigation: Critical Reading
LSI: Listening Springboard Inquiry: Listening Comprehension
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Solving One More Mystery
WSI: Web Site Investigation
Glossary
Credits
Index
