Reading comprehention 1 pdf

READING
COMPREHENSION
SUCCESS
IN 20 MINUTES A DAY
NEW YORK
READING
COMPREHENSION
SUCCESS
IN 20 MINUTES A DAY
3rd Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Reading comprehension success in 20 minutes a day.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-57685-494-9 (paper)
1. Reading comprehension—Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title. II. Title: Reading
comprehension success in twenty minutes a day.
LB1050.45.C45 2005
428.4—dc22
2005047184
Printed in the United States of America
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INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book ix
PRETEST 1
BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION
LESSON 1 Getting the Essential Information 19
How to be an active reader, picking up clues in what you read
LESSON 2 Finding the Main Idea 27
Looking beyond the facts, considering the author’s motive
LESSON 3 Defining Vocabulary in Context 33
Dealing with unfamiliar words without a dictionary
LESSON 4 The Difference between Fact and Opinion 39
Distinguishing between what an author knows and what an author
believes to be true
LESSON 5 Putting It All Together 45
Practice in combining the skills you’ve learned in Lessons 1–4
Contents
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