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READING COMPREHENSION

SUCCESS

IN 20 MINUTES A DAY

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N E W Y O R K

READING

COMPREHENSION

SUCCESS

IN 20 MINUTES A DAY

3rd Edition

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Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Reading comprehension success in 20 minutes a day.—3rd ed

p cm

ISBN 1-57685-494-9 (paper)

1 Reading comprehension—Problems, exercises, etc I Title II Title: Reading

comprehension success in twenty minutes a day

LB1050.45.C45 2005

428.4—dc22

2005047184 Printed in the United States of America

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INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book ix

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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