New Coverage of Reading Textbooks: Passages from leading lower-level textbooks are used as illustrative passages in Parts I-III, and a new Part VI, "Reading Textbooks," that includes coverage of the SQ3R method and a complete textbook chapter, has been added.
New Attention to Visuals: A wealth of new visual material--charts, graphs, political and humorous cartoons, and magazine advertisements--has been added, along with instruction in how to read, interpret, and evaluate these elements.
New Selections: Among the new writers are Laura Hillenbrand (with an excerpt from Seabiscuit), Barack Obama (from Dreams from My Father), Michael Pollan (from The Botany of Desire), Sandra Mackey (from The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom), Paco Underhill (from The Call of the Mall), Matt Ridley (from Genome), Joel Best (from Damned Lies and Statistics), Stephen Jay Gould ("Preposterous"), and Diane Ravitch (from The Language Police)
More on Critical Reading and the World Wide Web: The text now offers students even more help with locating and evaluating information on the Web. Chapter 10 now includes an annotated screenshot that identifies the features necessary in determining reliability and new "On the Web" exercises that engage students in simple research tasks or exploring further the subject under discussion.
Revised Coverage of Critical Reading and Argument: Part IV contains updated examples of manipulative appeals and logical fallacies, including balanced coverage of conservative, moderate, and liberal political agendas.
Developmental Argument: Using a variety of well-known writers (from Abraham Lincoln to Brent Staples) and providing open-ending writing prompts for each selection, Developing Critical Reading Skills is like an argument text for basic readers.
Analyzed Excerpts: Included in each chapter, these show students how to read actively and critically.
Practice Exercises: Each chapter contains one or more short practice exercises following discussion and illustration of each skill within the chapter.
World Wide Web: A full chapter addresses critical reading and the world Wide Web.
Representation of International Writers: Among the authors included are Salman Rushdie, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Virginia Woolf, Andrei Codrescu, Jamaica Kincaid, and Leo Tolstoy.
Photographs: Photographs of major authors now accompany the selections.
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