Reading comprehention 2 pdf

INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book ix

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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