Mather, Peter,
The art of critical reading : brushing up on your reading, thinking, and study skills / Peter Mather, Rita McCarthy. - Fourth edition. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2016. - xxi, 541 pages : illustrations.
Includes appendix and index.
Contents: Part 1 Life in college and beyond: Chapter 1 Developing a college-level vocabulary -- Part 2 Discovering meaning through structure: Chapter 2 Topics, main ideas, and details -- Chapter 3 Organizing textbook information and interpreting visual aids -- Chapter 4 The author's purpose and the rhetorical modes -- Chapter 5 Transition words and patterns of organization -- Part 3 Interpreting what we read: Chapter 6 Interference -- Chapter 7 Figurative language -- Chapter 8 Tone -- Part 4 Reading Critically: Chapter 9 Fact and opinion -- Chapter 10 Point of view -- Chapter 11 Bias -- Chapter 12 Analyzing and evaluating arguments -- Part 5: Vocabulary units.
English
9780073513591[paperback]
Reading--Higher education
Critical thinking--Study skills
The art of critical reading : brushing up on your reading, thinking, and study skills / Peter Mather, Rita McCarthy. - Fourth edition. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2016. - xxi, 541 pages : illustrations.
Includes appendix and index.
Contents: Part 1 Life in college and beyond: Chapter 1 Developing a college-level vocabulary -- Part 2 Discovering meaning through structure: Chapter 2 Topics, main ideas, and details -- Chapter 3 Organizing textbook information and interpreting visual aids -- Chapter 4 The author's purpose and the rhetorical modes -- Chapter 5 Transition words and patterns of organization -- Part 3 Interpreting what we read: Chapter 6 Interference -- Chapter 7 Figurative language -- Chapter 8 Tone -- Part 4 Reading Critically: Chapter 9 Fact and opinion -- Chapter 10 Point of view -- Chapter 11 Bias -- Chapter 12 Analyzing and evaluating arguments -- Part 5: Vocabulary units.
English
9780073513591[paperback]
Reading--Higher education
Critical thinking--Study skills