READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS

READING COMPREHENSION

SUCCESS

IN 20 MINUTES A DAY

READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS

IN 20 MINUTES A DAY

3rd Edition

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Contents

INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book

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PRETEST

1

BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION

LESSON 1

Getting the Essential Information

19

How to be an active reader, picking up clues in what you read

LESSON 2

Finding the Main Idea

27

Looking beyond the facts, considering the author's motive

LESSON 3

Defining Vocabulary in Context

33

Dealing with unfamiliar words without a dictionary

LESSON 4

The Difference between Fact and Opinion

39

Distinguishing between what an author knows and what an author

believes to be true

LESSON 5

Putting It All Together

45

Practice in combining the skills you've learned in Lessons 1?4

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