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Chapters 1–11
Reading for Thinking
NINTH EDITION
Laraine Flemming
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Laraine Flemming
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,A Note to Instructors
The manual accompanying the 9th edition of Reading for Thinking includes updated answer
keys for all the exercises in Chapters 1–11. It also includes answer keys for the two sets of
longer readings and questions that appear in the new edition, “Reviewing with Longer
Readings” (following Chapter 6) and “Putting it All Together” (following Chapter 11).
In addition to the answer keys, there are additional activities and assignments focusing on the
comprehension and critical reading skills most likely to need additional practice and review. I
tried to pack the 9th edition with numerous and varied exercises—enough to make sure that
instructors won’t run out of material no matter how many reviews they complete. But having
taught college reading for decades, I know how easy it is to use up the material that’s in the
book, especially if you like to individualize instruction and not complete exercises in their
entirety unless students require it.
I wish you much success with your classes and hope that the 9th edition of Reading for
Thinking, along with the exercises and suggestions included in the manual, prove useful for
both you and your students.
Best Wishes,
Laraine Flemming
iii
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,Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Acquiring the Keys to Academic Success (p.1-56) ........................................... 1
Check Your Understanding (p.12) .................................................................................................... 1
Exercise 1: Surveying Reading Selections (p.16–17) ................................................................... 1
Check Your Understanding (p.25) .................................................................................................... 1
Exercise 2: Practice with Paraphrasing (p.25–27) ......................................................................... 2
Exercise 3: Paraphrasing with Accuracy (p.27–28) ....................................................................... 2
Exercise 4: Finding the Right Search Term (p.37–39) .................................................................. 2
Check Your Understanding (pp.39–40) ........................................................................................... 3
Taking Stock: Short-Term Memory—Do You Know the Magic Number? (p.42-46)................ 3
Test 1: Recognizing an Accurate Paraphrase (p.47–49) .............................................................. 3
Test 2: Recognizing an Accurate Paraphrase (p.50–54) .............................................................. 3
Test 3: Paraphrasing with Accuracy (p.55–56) .............................................................................. 4
Chapter 2: Vocabulary Building for College Reading (p.57-102).......................................... 5
Exercise 1: Identifying Specialized Vocabulary (p.60) .................................................................. 5
Exercise 2: Putting Words into Sentences (p.64–65) .................................................................... 5
Exercise 3: Using Recall Cues (p.67) .............................................................................................. 5
Exercise 4: Noticing How Words Change in Context (p.68-69) ................................................... 5
Check Your Understanding (p.72) ................................................................................................... 5
Exercise 5: Making Use of Context Clues (p.73–75) .................................................................... 6
Exercise 6: Using Context Clues (p.76–77).................................................................................... 6
Exercise 7: Adding Word Parts (p.80–81)....................................................................................... 6
Exercise 8: Using Context Clues and Word Parts (p.81–82) ....................................................... 6
Exercise 9: Putting Allusions into Sentences (p.87) ..................................................................... 7
Taking Stock: The Science of Romantic Love (p.89–91) .............................................................. 7
Test 1: Reviewing New Vocabulary (p.95–96) ............................................................................... 7
Test 2: Reviewing New Vocabulary (p.97-98) ................................................................................ 7
Test 3: Using Word Parts and Context Clues (p.99–100)............................................................. 8
Test 4: Using Context Clues and Word Parts (p.101–102) .......................................................... 8
Chapter 3: Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphs and Longer Readings (p.103–173) .............. 9
Exercise 1: Determining the Topic (p.106–109) ............................................................................. 9
Exercise 2: Identifying Topics and Main Ideas (p.116–121)......................................................... 9
Check Your Understanding (p.124) ............................................................................................... 10
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, Exercise 3: Recognizing Main Ideas and Reversal Transitions (p.125–127) ............................ 10
Exercise 4: Getting to the Main Idea in Longer Readings (p.129-132) .................................... 10
Exercise 5: Using Transitions to Identify the Main Idea (p.134–136) ......................................... 10
Exercise 6: Recognizing Main Ideas (p.141–146) ......................................................................... 11
Exercise 7: Recognizing the Best Paraphrase (p.146–148)....................................................... 11
Exercise 8: Recognizing the Best Paraphrase (p.149-152)....................................................... 11
Word Check (p.153) .......................................................................................................................... 11
Exercise 9: More about Form and Meaning (p.153-154) ................................................................ 11
Taking Stock: What Causes Right-or Left-Handedness (p.155-158) ............................................ 12
Test 1: Recognizing Topics and Main Ideas (p.159-162) .......................................................... 12
Test 2: Recognizing Main Ideas (p.163-166) .............................................................................. 12
Test 3: Recognizing and Paraphrasing Main Ideas (p.167-169) .............................................. 13
Test 4: Recognizing and Paraphrasing the Controlling Main Idea (p.170-173)...................... 13
Chapter 4: Understanding the Functions of Supporting Details (p.174-234)................... 14
Exercise 1: Understanding the Role of Supporting Details (p.177-180) .................................. 14
Exercise 2: Reading for Main Ideas (p.181-185) ......................................................................... 14
Check Your Understanding (p.191) ............................................................................................... 14
Check Your Understanding (p. 194) .............................................................................................. 15
Exercise 3: Connecting Main Ideas and Supporting Details (p.194-200) ................................ 15
Vocabulary Note (p.200) ................................................................................................................. 16
Exercise 4: Category Words and Major Details (p.203–205) .................................................... 16
Word Check (p.209) ......................................................................................................................... 16
Exercise 5: More on Form and Meaning (p.209-210) ................................................................. 16
Taking Stock: Social Influence in Groups (p.211-216) ............................................................... 17
Test 1: Looking for the Main Idea (p.217-220) ............................................................................ 17
Test 2: Connecting Main Ideas and Supporting Details (p.221-227) ....................................... 18
Test 3: Connecting Main Ideas and Supporting Details (p.228-234) ....................................... 19
Chapter 5: Identifying and Learning from Organization Patterns (p.235-314) .................. 20
Exercise 1: Learning from the Definition Pattern (p.237-240) .................................................... 20
Reviewing Through Writing (p.241)................................................................................................ 20
Exercise 2: Learning from the Process Pattern (p.244–245) ..................................................... 20
Check Your Understanding (p.245)................................................................................................ 21
Exercise 3: Learning from the Sequence of Dates and Events Pattern (p.250-252) .............. 21
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, Exercise 4: Learning from the Simple Listing Pattern (p.258-261) ............................................ 22
Check Your Understanding (p.265)................................................................................................ 22
Exercise 5: Learning from the Classification Pattern (p.265-268) ............................................. 23
Exercise 6: Learning from the Comparison and Contrast Pattern (p.274-276) ....................... 23
Check Your Understanding (p.277)................................................................................................ 24
Exercise 7: Learning from the Cause and Effect Pattern (p.283-286) ...................................... 24
Exercise 8: Recognizing Primary and Mixed Patterns (p.289-295) ........................................... 24
Check Your Understanding (p.296)................................................................................................ 24
Word Check (p.296) ......................................................................................................................... 24
Exercise 9: More About Form and Meaning (p.297-298) .......................................................... 25
Taking Stock: Why Should We Care About the American Alligator? (p.299-307).................. 25
Test 1: Recognizing Organizational Patterns (p.303-306) ......................................................... 25
Test 2: Recognizing Organizational Patterns (p.307-310) .......................................................... 26
Test 3: Recognizing Organizational Patterns (p.311-314) .......................................................... 26
Chapter 6: Understanding, Outlining, and Summarizing Longer Readings (p.315-380) . 27
Check Your Understanding (p.321)................................................................................................ 27
Exercise 1: Identifying Thesis Statements (p.321-325)............................................................... 27
Exercise 2: Identifying Purpose (p.329-332)................................................................................. 27
Exercise 3: Outlining Longer Readings (p.335-341).................................................................... 28
Allusion Alert: Bread and Circuses (p.342) ................................................................................... 28
Word Check I (p.342) ....................................................................................................................... 29
Exercise 4: More About Form and Meaning (p.343) ................................................................... 29
Exercise 5: Recognizing an Effective Summary (p.350-353) ..................................................... 29
Exercise 6: Writing Summaries (p.354-357) ................................................................................. 29
Check Your Understanding (p.358)................................................................................................ 30
Word Check II (p.359) ..................................................................................................................... 30
Exercise 7: More on Form and Meaning (p.359-360) ................................................................. 30
Taking Stock: The Reliability of Long-Term Memory: Can We Trust Our Memories? (p.361-
366) ..................................................................................................................................................... 30
Test 1: Identifying the Thesis Statement and Purpose (p.367-369) ......................................... 31
Test 2: Outlining Longer Readings (p.370-372) ........................................................................... 31
Test 3: Recognizing the Best Summary (p.373-376) ................................................................. 32
Test 4: Summarizing Longer Readings (p.377--380) ................................................................. 32
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, Reviewing with Longer Readings (p.381-403) .................................................................... 33
Reading 1: Heredity or Environment: What Can Identical Twins Tell Us? (p.382-386) ......... 33
Reading 2: The Untold Story of Women Combatants in the Civil War (p.387-395) ............... 33
Reading 3: Appalachia’s long, Proud Tradition of Labor Militancy (p.396-402) ..................... 34
Chapter 7: More on the Role of Inferences in Comprehension and Critical Reading
(p.404-489).............................................................................................................................. 35
Exercise 1: Filling in the Gaps with Inferences (p.410-412) ...................................................... 35
Exercise 2: Recognizing Implied Main Ideas (p.417-422) ......................................................... 35
Exercise 3: Recognizing Implied Main Ideas (p.423-424) ......................................................... 35
Exercise 4: Inferring Main Ideas from Paragraphs (p.424-428) ................................................ 35
Check Your Understanding (p.428) ............................................................................................... 36
Check Your Understanding (p.431) ............................................................................................... 36
Exercise 5: Making Connections Between Sentences (p.432-435) ......................................... 36
Word Check I (p.436)....................................................................................................................... 36
Exercise 6: More About Form and Meaning (p.436-437) ........................................................... 36
Exercise 7: Recognizing Implied Main Ideas in Longer Readings (p.440-445) ...................... 37
Exercise 8: Inferring Main Ideas in Longer Readings (p.445-449) ........................................... 37
Exercise 9: Focusing on Connections Between Paragraphs (p.449-454) ............................... 37
Check Your Understanding (p.456) ............................................................................................... 37
Exercise 10: Drawing Your Own Conclusions (p.457-460) ....................................................... 38
Word Check II (p.461) ..................................................................................................................... 38
Exercise 11: More About Form and Meaning (p.461-462)......................................................... 38
Taking Stock: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project (p.463-468) .................... 38
Test 1: Drawing Inferences About Pronouns and Other Noun Substitutes (p.469-471) ....... 39
Test 2: Recognizing the Implied Main Idea (p.472-474) ............................................................ 39
Test 3: Identifying the Implied Main Idea (p.475-477) ................................................................ 39
Test 4: Inferring Main ideas and Supporting Details (p.478-481) ............................................ 40
Test 5: Drawing Personal Conclusions (p.482- 485) .................................................................. 40
Test 6: Inferring Implied Main Ideas in Longer Readings (p.486-489)..................................... 40
Chapter 8: Synthesizing Sources (p.490-553) .................................................................... 41
Exercise 1: Synthesizing Brief Passages (p.495-505) ............................................................... 41
Exercise 2: Writing Synthesis Statements (p.506-510) .............................................................. 41
Check Your Understanding (p.517) ............................................................................................... 41
Exercise 3: Recognizing Effective Synthesis Statements (p.517-529) .................................... 42
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, Word Check (p.530) ......................................................................................................................... 42
Exercise 4: More About Form and Meaning (p.530-31) ............................................................. 42
Taking Stock: Rites of Passage Among the Kikuyu (p.532-536) .............................................. 43
Test 1: Recognizing Effective Synthesis Statements (p.537-539) ........................................... 43
Test 2: Recognizing Effective Synthesis Statements (p.540-548) .......................................... 43
Test 3: Creating Synthesis Statements (p.549-553) ................................................................... 43
Chapter 9: Understanding the Difference Between Fact and Opinion (p.554-608) ......... 44
Check Your Understanding (p.559) ............................................................................................... 44
Check Your Understanding (p.562) ............................................................................................... 44
Exercise 1: Identifying Facts and Opinions (p.563) .................................................................... 44
Exercise 2: Recognizing When Fact and Opinion Combine (p.566-567) ................................ 44
Exercise 3: Recognizing When Fact and Opinion Combine (p.567-568) ................................ 45
Check Your Understanding (p.573) ............................................................................................... 45
Exercise 4: Recognizing Informed and Uninformed Opinions (p.574–578) ............................ 45
Exercise 5: Checking for Relevance in Longer Readings (p.580-584) .................................... 46
Exercise 6: Detecting Textbook Opinions (p.588–590) .............................................................. 46
Word Check (p.591) ......................................................................................................................... 46
Exercise 7: More About Form and Meaning (p.591–592) .......................................................... 46
Taking Stock: U.S. Prisoners’ Strike Is a Reminder How Commonplace Inmate Labor Is—
and That It May Run Afoul of the Law (p.593–596) .................................................................... 47
Test 1: Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion (p.600)......................................................... 47
Test 2: Checking for Relevance (p.601-604) ............................................................................... 47
Test 3: Checking for Relevance (p.605–608) .............................................................................. 48
Chapter 10: Analyzing Arguments (p.609–691) .................................................................. 49
Exercise 1: Identifying Opinion Statements (p.614-–616) ......................................................... 49
Exercise 2: Identifying the Point of the Argument (p.619–621)................................................. 49
Check Your Understanding (p.629) ............................................................................................... 50
Exercise 3: Identifying Support for Opinions (p.629-631) .......................................................... 50
Exercise 4: Identifying Opinion and Support (p.631–636) ......................................................... 50
Exercise 5: Analyzing Arguments (p.639–646) ........................................................................... 51
Check Your Understanding (p.646) ............................................................................................... 52
Exercise 6: Recognizing Tone (p.650-656) .................................................................................. 52
Exercise 7: Interpreting Metaphors and Similes (p.659-661) .................................................... 52
Exercise 8: Creating Figurative Language (p.660-661) ............................................................. 52
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,Answer Keys for Exercises
and Extended Readings in
Chapters 1–11
Reading for Thinking
NINTH EDITION
Laraine Flemming
Prepared by
Laraine Flemming
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RESERVED.
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,A Note to Instructors
The manual accompanying the 9th edition of Reading for Thinking includes updated answer
keys for all the exercises in Chapters 1–11. It also includes answer keys for the two sets of
longer readings and questions that appear in the new edition, “Reviewing with Longer
Readings” (following Chapter 6) and “Putting it All Together” (following Chapter 11).
In addition to the answer keys, there are additional activities and assignments focusing on the
comprehension and critical reading skills most likely to need additional practice and review. I
tried to pack the 9th edition with numerous and varied exercises—enough to make sure that
instructors won’t run out of material no matter how many reviews they complete. But having
taught college reading for decades, I know how easy it is to use up the material that’s in the
book, especially if you like to individualize instruction and not complete exercises in their
entirety unless students require it.
I wish you much success with your classes and hope that the 9th edition of Reading for
Thinking, along with the exercises and suggestions included in the manual, prove useful for
both you and your students.
Best Wishes,
Laraine Flemming
iii
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,Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Acquiring the Keys to Academic Success (p.1-56) ........................................... 1
Check Your Understanding (p.12) .................................................................................................... 1
Exercise 1: Surveying Reading Selections (p.16–17) ................................................................... 1
Check Your Understanding (p.25) .................................................................................................... 1
Exercise 2: Practice with Paraphrasing (p.25–27) ......................................................................... 2
Exercise 3: Paraphrasing with Accuracy (p.27–28) ....................................................................... 2
Exercise 4: Finding the Right Search Term (p.37–39) .................................................................. 2
Check Your Understanding (pp.39–40) ........................................................................................... 3
Taking Stock: Short-Term Memory—Do You Know the Magic Number? (p.42-46)................ 3
Test 1: Recognizing an Accurate Paraphrase (p.47–49) .............................................................. 3
Test 2: Recognizing an Accurate Paraphrase (p.50–54) .............................................................. 3
Test 3: Paraphrasing with Accuracy (p.55–56) .............................................................................. 4
Chapter 2: Vocabulary Building for College Reading (p.57-102).......................................... 5
Exercise 1: Identifying Specialized Vocabulary (p.60) .................................................................. 5
Exercise 2: Putting Words into Sentences (p.64–65) .................................................................... 5
Exercise 3: Using Recall Cues (p.67) .............................................................................................. 5
Exercise 4: Noticing How Words Change in Context (p.68-69) ................................................... 5
Check Your Understanding (p.72) ................................................................................................... 5
Exercise 5: Making Use of Context Clues (p.73–75) .................................................................... 6
Exercise 6: Using Context Clues (p.76–77).................................................................................... 6
Exercise 7: Adding Word Parts (p.80–81)....................................................................................... 6
Exercise 8: Using Context Clues and Word Parts (p.81–82) ....................................................... 6
Exercise 9: Putting Allusions into Sentences (p.87) ..................................................................... 7
Taking Stock: The Science of Romantic Love (p.89–91) .............................................................. 7
Test 1: Reviewing New Vocabulary (p.95–96) ............................................................................... 7
Test 2: Reviewing New Vocabulary (p.97-98) ................................................................................ 7
Test 3: Using Word Parts and Context Clues (p.99–100)............................................................. 8
Test 4: Using Context Clues and Word Parts (p.101–102) .......................................................... 8
Chapter 3: Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphs and Longer Readings (p.103–173) .............. 9
Exercise 1: Determining the Topic (p.106–109) ............................................................................. 9
Exercise 2: Identifying Topics and Main Ideas (p.116–121)......................................................... 9
Check Your Understanding (p.124) ............................................................................................... 10
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, Exercise 3: Recognizing Main Ideas and Reversal Transitions (p.125–127) ............................ 10
Exercise 4: Getting to the Main Idea in Longer Readings (p.129-132) .................................... 10
Exercise 5: Using Transitions to Identify the Main Idea (p.134–136) ......................................... 10
Exercise 6: Recognizing Main Ideas (p.141–146) ......................................................................... 11
Exercise 7: Recognizing the Best Paraphrase (p.146–148)....................................................... 11
Exercise 8: Recognizing the Best Paraphrase (p.149-152)....................................................... 11
Word Check (p.153) .......................................................................................................................... 11
Exercise 9: More about Form and Meaning (p.153-154) ................................................................ 11
Taking Stock: What Causes Right-or Left-Handedness (p.155-158) ............................................ 12
Test 1: Recognizing Topics and Main Ideas (p.159-162) .......................................................... 12
Test 2: Recognizing Main Ideas (p.163-166) .............................................................................. 12
Test 3: Recognizing and Paraphrasing Main Ideas (p.167-169) .............................................. 13
Test 4: Recognizing and Paraphrasing the Controlling Main Idea (p.170-173)...................... 13
Chapter 4: Understanding the Functions of Supporting Details (p.174-234)................... 14
Exercise 1: Understanding the Role of Supporting Details (p.177-180) .................................. 14
Exercise 2: Reading for Main Ideas (p.181-185) ......................................................................... 14
Check Your Understanding (p.191) ............................................................................................... 14
Check Your Understanding (p. 194) .............................................................................................. 15
Exercise 3: Connecting Main Ideas and Supporting Details (p.194-200) ................................ 15
Vocabulary Note (p.200) ................................................................................................................. 16
Exercise 4: Category Words and Major Details (p.203–205) .................................................... 16
Word Check (p.209) ......................................................................................................................... 16
Exercise 5: More on Form and Meaning (p.209-210) ................................................................. 16
Taking Stock: Social Influence in Groups (p.211-216) ............................................................... 17
Test 1: Looking for the Main Idea (p.217-220) ............................................................................ 17
Test 2: Connecting Main Ideas and Supporting Details (p.221-227) ....................................... 18
Test 3: Connecting Main Ideas and Supporting Details (p.228-234) ....................................... 19
Chapter 5: Identifying and Learning from Organization Patterns (p.235-314) .................. 20
Exercise 1: Learning from the Definition Pattern (p.237-240) .................................................... 20
Reviewing Through Writing (p.241)................................................................................................ 20
Exercise 2: Learning from the Process Pattern (p.244–245) ..................................................... 20
Check Your Understanding (p.245)................................................................................................ 21
Exercise 3: Learning from the Sequence of Dates and Events Pattern (p.250-252) .............. 21
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, Exercise 4: Learning from the Simple Listing Pattern (p.258-261) ............................................ 22
Check Your Understanding (p.265)................................................................................................ 22
Exercise 5: Learning from the Classification Pattern (p.265-268) ............................................. 23
Exercise 6: Learning from the Comparison and Contrast Pattern (p.274-276) ....................... 23
Check Your Understanding (p.277)................................................................................................ 24
Exercise 7: Learning from the Cause and Effect Pattern (p.283-286) ...................................... 24
Exercise 8: Recognizing Primary and Mixed Patterns (p.289-295) ........................................... 24
Check Your Understanding (p.296)................................................................................................ 24
Word Check (p.296) ......................................................................................................................... 24
Exercise 9: More About Form and Meaning (p.297-298) .......................................................... 25
Taking Stock: Why Should We Care About the American Alligator? (p.299-307).................. 25
Test 1: Recognizing Organizational Patterns (p.303-306) ......................................................... 25
Test 2: Recognizing Organizational Patterns (p.307-310) .......................................................... 26
Test 3: Recognizing Organizational Patterns (p.311-314) .......................................................... 26
Chapter 6: Understanding, Outlining, and Summarizing Longer Readings (p.315-380) . 27
Check Your Understanding (p.321)................................................................................................ 27
Exercise 1: Identifying Thesis Statements (p.321-325)............................................................... 27
Exercise 2: Identifying Purpose (p.329-332)................................................................................. 27
Exercise 3: Outlining Longer Readings (p.335-341).................................................................... 28
Allusion Alert: Bread and Circuses (p.342) ................................................................................... 28
Word Check I (p.342) ....................................................................................................................... 29
Exercise 4: More About Form and Meaning (p.343) ................................................................... 29
Exercise 5: Recognizing an Effective Summary (p.350-353) ..................................................... 29
Exercise 6: Writing Summaries (p.354-357) ................................................................................. 29
Check Your Understanding (p.358)................................................................................................ 30
Word Check II (p.359) ..................................................................................................................... 30
Exercise 7: More on Form and Meaning (p.359-360) ................................................................. 30
Taking Stock: The Reliability of Long-Term Memory: Can We Trust Our Memories? (p.361-
366) ..................................................................................................................................................... 30
Test 1: Identifying the Thesis Statement and Purpose (p.367-369) ......................................... 31
Test 2: Outlining Longer Readings (p.370-372) ........................................................................... 31
Test 3: Recognizing the Best Summary (p.373-376) ................................................................. 32
Test 4: Summarizing Longer Readings (p.377--380) ................................................................. 32
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, Reviewing with Longer Readings (p.381-403) .................................................................... 33
Reading 1: Heredity or Environment: What Can Identical Twins Tell Us? (p.382-386) ......... 33
Reading 2: The Untold Story of Women Combatants in the Civil War (p.387-395) ............... 33
Reading 3: Appalachia’s long, Proud Tradition of Labor Militancy (p.396-402) ..................... 34
Chapter 7: More on the Role of Inferences in Comprehension and Critical Reading
(p.404-489).............................................................................................................................. 35
Exercise 1: Filling in the Gaps with Inferences (p.410-412) ...................................................... 35
Exercise 2: Recognizing Implied Main Ideas (p.417-422) ......................................................... 35
Exercise 3: Recognizing Implied Main Ideas (p.423-424) ......................................................... 35
Exercise 4: Inferring Main Ideas from Paragraphs (p.424-428) ................................................ 35
Check Your Understanding (p.428) ............................................................................................... 36
Check Your Understanding (p.431) ............................................................................................... 36
Exercise 5: Making Connections Between Sentences (p.432-435) ......................................... 36
Word Check I (p.436)....................................................................................................................... 36
Exercise 6: More About Form and Meaning (p.436-437) ........................................................... 36
Exercise 7: Recognizing Implied Main Ideas in Longer Readings (p.440-445) ...................... 37
Exercise 8: Inferring Main Ideas in Longer Readings (p.445-449) ........................................... 37
Exercise 9: Focusing on Connections Between Paragraphs (p.449-454) ............................... 37
Check Your Understanding (p.456) ............................................................................................... 37
Exercise 10: Drawing Your Own Conclusions (p.457-460) ....................................................... 38
Word Check II (p.461) ..................................................................................................................... 38
Exercise 11: More About Form and Meaning (p.461-462)......................................................... 38
Taking Stock: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project (p.463-468) .................... 38
Test 1: Drawing Inferences About Pronouns and Other Noun Substitutes (p.469-471) ....... 39
Test 2: Recognizing the Implied Main Idea (p.472-474) ............................................................ 39
Test 3: Identifying the Implied Main Idea (p.475-477) ................................................................ 39
Test 4: Inferring Main ideas and Supporting Details (p.478-481) ............................................ 40
Test 5: Drawing Personal Conclusions (p.482- 485) .................................................................. 40
Test 6: Inferring Implied Main Ideas in Longer Readings (p.486-489)..................................... 40
Chapter 8: Synthesizing Sources (p.490-553) .................................................................... 41
Exercise 1: Synthesizing Brief Passages (p.495-505) ............................................................... 41
Exercise 2: Writing Synthesis Statements (p.506-510) .............................................................. 41
Check Your Understanding (p.517) ............................................................................................... 41
Exercise 3: Recognizing Effective Synthesis Statements (p.517-529) .................................... 42
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, Word Check (p.530) ......................................................................................................................... 42
Exercise 4: More About Form and Meaning (p.530-31) ............................................................. 42
Taking Stock: Rites of Passage Among the Kikuyu (p.532-536) .............................................. 43
Test 1: Recognizing Effective Synthesis Statements (p.537-539) ........................................... 43
Test 2: Recognizing Effective Synthesis Statements (p.540-548) .......................................... 43
Test 3: Creating Synthesis Statements (p.549-553) ................................................................... 43
Chapter 9: Understanding the Difference Between Fact and Opinion (p.554-608) ......... 44
Check Your Understanding (p.559) ............................................................................................... 44
Check Your Understanding (p.562) ............................................................................................... 44
Exercise 1: Identifying Facts and Opinions (p.563) .................................................................... 44
Exercise 2: Recognizing When Fact and Opinion Combine (p.566-567) ................................ 44
Exercise 3: Recognizing When Fact and Opinion Combine (p.567-568) ................................ 45
Check Your Understanding (p.573) ............................................................................................... 45
Exercise 4: Recognizing Informed and Uninformed Opinions (p.574–578) ............................ 45
Exercise 5: Checking for Relevance in Longer Readings (p.580-584) .................................... 46
Exercise 6: Detecting Textbook Opinions (p.588–590) .............................................................. 46
Word Check (p.591) ......................................................................................................................... 46
Exercise 7: More About Form and Meaning (p.591–592) .......................................................... 46
Taking Stock: U.S. Prisoners’ Strike Is a Reminder How Commonplace Inmate Labor Is—
and That It May Run Afoul of the Law (p.593–596) .................................................................... 47
Test 1: Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion (p.600)......................................................... 47
Test 2: Checking for Relevance (p.601-604) ............................................................................... 47
Test 3: Checking for Relevance (p.605–608) .............................................................................. 48
Chapter 10: Analyzing Arguments (p.609–691) .................................................................. 49
Exercise 1: Identifying Opinion Statements (p.614-–616) ......................................................... 49
Exercise 2: Identifying the Point of the Argument (p.619–621)................................................. 49
Check Your Understanding (p.629) ............................................................................................... 50
Exercise 3: Identifying Support for Opinions (p.629-631) .......................................................... 50
Exercise 4: Identifying Opinion and Support (p.631–636) ......................................................... 50
Exercise 5: Analyzing Arguments (p.639–646) ........................................................................... 51
Check Your Understanding (p.646) ............................................................................................... 52
Exercise 6: Recognizing Tone (p.650-656) .................................................................................. 52
Exercise 7: Interpreting Metaphors and Similes (p.659-661) .................................................... 52
Exercise 8: Creating Figurative Language (p.660-661) ............................................................. 52
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