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KATHLEEN T. MCWHORTER has taught reading and writing courses for over 30 years at Niagara County Community College. Her many titles provide various and flexible approaches to teaching reading and writing strategies that accommodate a range of learning and teaching styles.

Reading and Writing Success Starts Here!



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Reading and Writing Success Tips

Tip 1: Manage Your Time and Identify a Place to Study
Tip 2: Manage Your Electronic Life
Tip 3: Build Your Concentration
Tip 4: Keep a Writing Journal
Tip 5: Collaborate for Success



 

PART ONE Introduction to Reading and Writing

 

Chapter 1 An Overview of Active Reading



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Is Active Reading?
Preview Before Reading
Form Guide Questions
Keys to Understanding What You Read
Build Your Vocabulary Through Reading
Think Critically


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond
A Professional Essay A Brother Lost, Ashley Womble


Self-Test Summary

Vocabulary Workshops



Workshop 1:Expanding Your Vocabulary
Workshop 2:Using Context Clues
Workshop 3:Learning Specialized and Technical Vocabulary
Workshop 4: Using Word Parts

 

Chapter 2 An Overview of the Writing Process



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Is Good Writing?
The Five Steps in Writing Process
Generate Ideas
Organize Your Ideas
Write a First Draft
Revise and Rewrite Drafts
Proofread Your Final Draft
Consider Your Audience and Purpose


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay Education: The Open Road, Doug Mello


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay Credit Card Smarts: Take Charge of Your Cards




Self-Test Summary

 

Chapter 3 Reading and Learning from College Textbooks



Focusing on Reading and Writing

Why Write as You Read and Study?


Reading

Strategies for Reading Textbooks
Use the SQ3R System for Learning from Textbooks


Writing

Use Learning and Recall Strategies
Highlight and Annotate
Outline
Map
Paraphrase
Summarize
Think Critically About Information in Textbooks


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

Textbook Excerpt How to Remember What You Study, Carole Wade and Carol Tavris




Self-Test Summary

 

Chapter 4 Reading and Evaluating Visuals



Focusing on Reading and Writing

Why Use Visuals?
Use Strategies for Reading and Interpreting Visuals
Integrate Text and Visuals
 Types of Visuals


Photographs
Maps
Tables
Graphs
Diagrams
Charts
Infographics
Cartoons


Think Critically About Visuals


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Professional Essay Are You Hooked? Leah McLaughlin




Self-Test Summary

PART TWO Reading, Writing, and Organizing Paragraphs 

 

Chapter 5 Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Is a Paragraph?


Reading

Locate the Topic
Locate the Main Idea

Tips for Locating the Topic Sentence


Think Critically About Main Ideas


Writing 000

Write Effective Topic Sentences

Choose a Manageable Topic
Tips for Writing Effective Topic Sentences




Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay The Russian and U.S. School Systems, Kate Atkinson


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay Greed, Cancer, and Pink KFC Buckets, John Robbins




Self-Test Summary

Chapter 6 Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Are Details, Transitions, and Implied Main Ideas?


Reading

Identify Supporting Details

Types of Supporting Details
Think Critically About Details


Use Transitions to Guide Your Reading
Identify Implied Main Ideas


Writing

Select Relevant and Sufficient Details
Organize Details Effectively
Use Transitional Word and Phrases to Connect Details
Use Specific Words


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay The China Bug, James Sturm


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay The Most Hateful Words, Amy Tan




Self-Test Summary

Chapter 7 Organization: Basic Patterns



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Are Patterns of Organization?


Reading and Writing Time Sequence: Chronological Order, Process, and
Narration

What Is Time Sequence?
Reading Chronological Order, Process, and Narration
Writing Process Paragraphs
Writing Narration Paragraphs


Reading and Writing Description

What Is Description?
Reading Description
Writing Descriptive Paragraphs


Reading and Writing Example

What Is an Example?
Reading Examples
Writing Example Paragraphs
Thinking Critically About Patterns of Organization


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay From Bullet to Blue Sky, Yesenia De Jesus


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay Cairo Tunnel, Amanda Fields




Self-Test Summary

Chapter 8 Organization: Additional Patterns



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Are Additional Patterns of Organization?


Reading and Writing Definition

What Is Definition?
Reading Definition
Writing Definition Paragraphs


Reading and Writing Classification

What Is Classification?
Reading Classification
Writing Classification Paragraphs


Reading and Writing Comparison and Contrast

What Are Comparison and Contrast?
Reading Comparison and Contrast
Writing Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs


Reading and Writing Cause and Effect

What Is Cause and Effect?
Reading Cause and Effect
Writing Cause and Effect Paragraphs


Reading and Writing Other Patterns of Organization

Statement and Clarification
Summary
Addition
Spatial Order
Thinking Critically About Patterns of Organization


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay Benefits of Joining the Military, by Jessica Nantka


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay E-Waste and E-Waste Recycling, Jay Withgott and Scott Brennan




Self-Test Summary

Chapter 9 Strategies for Revising Paragraphs



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Is Revision?


Reading

Read Critically to Revise


Writing

Consider Your Purpose and Audience
Examine Your Ideas
Revise for Specific and Vivid Language
Edit for Correctness


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay My Unexpected Addiction, E lizabeth Lawson


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay Who Should Live, and Who Should Die? The Dilemma of Rationing Medical Care, James M. Henslin




Self-Test Summary

PART Three Reading and Writing Essays

 

Chapter 10 Reading, Planning, and Organizing Essays



 



Focusing on Reading and Writing

Why Read and Write Essays?


Reading

Read Essays to Build Comprehension and Recall
Understand the Structure of an Essay

To Catch A Liar

Sandra Parshall
Mind Your Own Browser
Simson L. Garfinkel
Read for Retention, Recall, and Response
Think Critically About Essays
Writing

Choose a Topic
Generate Ideas About Your Topic
Plan Your Essay
Organize Your Essay


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

Student Freewriting, Ted Sawchuck


Read and Respond

Measuring Success by Access to Gadgets, Patrick Smith




Self-Test Summary
Chapter 11 Drafting and Revising Essays



Focusing on Reading and Writing
What Is a Draft?
Reading
Read While Drafting
Writing
Write and Revise Your Thesis Statement
Support Your Thesis with Substantial Evidence
Use Transitions to Make Connections
Write the Introduction, Conclusion, and Title
Think Critically About Your Draft and How to Revise It
Edit and Proofread
Integrating Reading and Writing
Read and Respond
A Student Essay Relationships 2.0: Dating and Relating in the Internet
Age, Ted Sawchuck
Read and Respond
A Professional Essay Stop Asking Me My Major, Scott Keyes
Self-Test Summary

Chapter 12 Reading and Writing Essays with Multiple Patterns



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Is a Multi-Pattern Essay?


Reading

Recognizing Multiple Patterns


Writing

Choose a Primary Pattern of Organization for Your Essay
Common Secondary Patterns of Organization
Plan and Write a Multi-Pattern Essay
Use Multiple Patterns in Introductions, Body Paragraphs, and
Conclusions


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay Gang Life: Better from the Outside, Dejohn Harris


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay Emotional Troubles for “Cyberbullies” and Victims, Denise Mann




Self-Test Summary

PART Four Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

 

Chapter 13 Critical Thinking: Making Inferences and Analyzing the Author’s Message



 



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Is Critical Thinking?


Reading

Make Inferences
Assess the Source and Author Qualifications
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
Evaluate Evidence and Omissions
Analyze Tone


Writing

Think Critically When Writing


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay Making a Difference, Quinne Sember


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay Are Latinos Different? Sandra Márquez




Self-Test Summary

Chapter 14 Critical Thinking: Evaluating the Author’s Techniques



Focusing on Reading and Writing

Why Evaluate the Author’s Techniques?


Reading

Understand Connotative and Figurative Language
Analyze Assumptions
Evaluate Generalizations
Identify Bias


Writing

Write Effectively and Fairly


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay From Ignorant Bliss to Painful Awareness, Aurora
Gilbert


Read and Respond

A Professional Essay Sweatshops at Sea, Virginia Sole-Smith




Self-Test Summary

Chapter 15 Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing Arguments



Focusing on Reading and Writing

What Is an Argument?


Reading

The Parts of an Argument
Read an Argument Effectively
Think Critically About Arguments

From a Vegetarian: Looking at Hunting from Both Sides Now,

Timothy Denesha
Writing

Write Argument Paragraphs
Write Argument Essays


Integrating Reading and Writing

Read and Respond

A Student Essay Marijuana: An Argument for Legalization, Quinne Sember





Read and Respond

Paired Professional Essays Should Online States Ban Postings by Groups the Government Identifies as Terrorists?
Reading 1: Pro Argument from Sen. Joseph Lieberman
Reading 2: Con Argument Leslie Harris and John Morris




Self-Test Summary
PART five Reading and Writing from Sources

 

Chapter 16 Writing Essays Using Sources



Integrating Reading and Writing

What Is an Essay that Uses Sources?
Find and Record Appropriate Sources
Use Sources to Support Your Thesis and Develop Your Essay
Synthesize Sources
Document Sources
An Overview of MLA Style
An Overview of APA Style
Read and Respond

A Student Essay Weighing the Consequences of Censorship in the Media, Adam Simmons (MLA)




Self-Test Summary

 

PART SIX Handbook: Reviewing the Basics 



A. U nderstanding the Parts of Speech 
B. U nderstanding the Parts of Sentences 
C. Avo iding Sentence Errors 
D. Writing Effective Sentences 
E. Us ing Punctuation Correctly
F. M anaging Mechanics and spelling
G. Error Correction Exercises 

 

Credits

 

Index