Making Reading Relevant: The Art of Connecting (Subscription)

Making Reading Relevant is a brief, intermediate-level reading text that manages to address all of the topics and issues needed to conduct productive and meaningful courses.   Note: This is the standalone book, if you want the book/access card order the ISBN below    0321912993 / 9780321912992 Making Reading Relevant: The Art of Connecting plus NEW MyReadingLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of:    0321866134 / 9780321866134 NEW MyReading Lab with Pearson etext -- Standalone Access Code -- for Making Reading Relevant: The Art of Connecting 0321888669 / 9780321888662 Making Reading Relevant: The Art of Connecting  

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 VOCABULARY STRATEGIES 1 Vocabulary Strategies Overview 2 A. Context Clues 3 B. Word Analysis 9 C. Denotation and Connotation 18 Writing Like a Reader 20 Quick Connections 21 Chapter 2 BASIC COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES 23 Comprehension Strategies Overview 24 A. Identifying Topics 24 B. Identifying Main Ideas 27 C. Identifying Details 32 Writing Like a Reader 35 D. Improving Comprehension 35 Quick Connections 38 Chapter 3 TEXTBOOK STRATEGIES 39 Textbook Strategies Overview 40 A. Identifying and Using Textbook Organizational Aids 41 B. Textbook Reading Methods 43 Writing Like a Reader 56 C. Reading Graphs, Charts, and Tables 56 D. Taking Notes While Reading 60 E. Skimming and Scanning 63 F. Textbook Excerpt for Practice 66 Quick Connections 69 Chapter 4 CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES 71 Part A: Critical Reading Strategies Overview 72 A. Predicting, Drawing Conclusions, and Making Inferences 72 Part B: Critical Reading Strategies Overview 82 B. Analyzing and Synthesizing 82 Writing Like a Reader 90 Quick Connections 93 Chapter 5 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE STRATEGIES 95 Figurative Language Strategies Overview 96 A. Metaphor and Simile 97 B. Personification 102 C. Hyperbole 104 Writing Like a Reader 106 Quick Connections 108 Chapter 6 PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION STRATEGIES 110 Patterns of Organization Strategies Overview 112 A. Narration (Time Order) 114 B. Description 116 C. Process Analysis 118 D. Classification 118 E. Comparison/Contrast 123 F. Definition and Example 124 Writing Like a Reader 128 Quick Connections 130 Chapter 7 VISUAL LITERACY STRATEGIES 132 Visual Literacy Strategies Overview 134 A. Cluster Diagram 137 B. Five Ws Concept Web 138 C. Venn Diagram 140 Writing Like a Reader 142 Quick Connections 143 Chapter 8 INFORMATION LITERACY STRATEGIES 145 Information Literacy Strategies Overview 147 A. How to Search the Internet 147 B. Evaluating and Citing Web Sources 150 Writing Like a Reader 157 C. Word Processing Basics—A Reference Guide 158 Quick Connections 164 Credits 166 Index 167

About the Author :
Mercury Reader selections are guided by an Editorial Board:   ABOUT THE EDITORS Kathleen Shine Cain teaches at Merrimack College, where she has served as English Department Chair, Writing Center Director, and Women¿s Studies Director. She has taught American literature and writing at all levels, and spent 2005-2006 as a visiting professor at St. Mary¿s University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She presents regularly at CCCC, IWCA, and the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, and has served on the boards of NWCA, NCPTW, and the New England Writing Centers Association. Her publications include essays on writing centers and American writers, as well as the text/ reference books Living in the USA, The Allyn and Bacon Workbook, Leon Uris: A Critical Companion, and The Pearson Custom Library: Introduction to Literature. Janice Neuleib teaches at Illinois State University. Professor of English and Director of the English Education Program there, she has also served as Director of Writing Programs (1997-2005), Director of the University Center for Learning Assistance and Writing Assessment (1986-1996), and Director, Illinois State Writing Project since the summer of 1992. She consults for the College Board and the Educational Testing Service Advanced Placement Language Examination, and is the author of 60 plus book chapters and articles, including essays in College English, College Composition and Communication, Writing on the Edge, and The Journal of Teaching Writing, and is co-author of Things Your Grammar Never Told You, Inside/Out: A Guide to Writing, and The Pearson Custom Library: Introduction to Literature. She has presented more than 300 workshops and papers at international, national, and regional conferences and has directed many dissertations on the teaching of writing. Stephen Ruffus is chair of the English department at Salt Lake Community College where he directed the writing program for fifteen years, and co-founded the Student Writing Center and the Community Writing Center. He has also taught advanced composition and creative writing at the University of Utah. He has been chair and program chair for the western region of the Two-Year College Association and served on the Executive Committee of CCCC. He has completed terms on the editorial boards of College Composition and Communication and Teaching English in the Two-Year College and was most recently on the editorial board for the Studies in Writing and Rhetoric Series. He has presented at CCCC, TYCA West, Computers and Writing, and Writing Development in Higher Education, chaired a statewide two-year writing assessment within the Utah System of Higher Education, and was a principle investigator on a statewide writing portfolio project funded by the Eisenhower Foundation. He is also co-editor of The Pearson Custom Library: Introduction to Literature.