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Synopsis
This book provides readers with selected writings— of essays, textbooks, and fiction— from a diverse group of award-winning journalists and authors. It explores contemporary controversial issues, and a progression of skills and strategies, to successfully integrate the concepts of reading and writing, Specific readings cover a broad range of timely social, political, and philosophical themes adults can relate to—such as homelessness, impeachment, abortion, spousal abuse and murder, AIDS, date rape, the glass ceiling, cloning, and advertising of tobacco and alcohol. Contributors include Maya Angelou, Russell Baker, Art Buchwald, Ellen Goodman, John Grisham, Arthur Hope, Charles Krauthamer, Amy Tan, and Alice Walker. For adult readers who want to become lifelong learners through development of their critical reading and thinking skills.
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From the Back Cover
Using an integrated, holistic approach to reading and writing, this book is designed to help adult readers of varying backgrounds strengthen their cognitive abilities, view reading as a positive experience, develop the essential strategies needed for successful college and lifelong reading, and explore contemporary controversial issues. Broad in scope, it combines mature, high-interest reading selections with in-depth practice activities and a broad spectrum of reading comprehension questions and suggestions for discussion and journal writing. The focus throughout is on literal and inferential comprehension of book, essay, and literary material, as well as on the skills and strategies necessary for critical thinking, vocabulary development, and effective study techniques.
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