READING POWER Reading Faster * Thinking Skills Reading for Pleasure » Comprehension Skills BEATRICE S. MIKULECKY Boston University LINDA JEFFRIES ADDISON-WESLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY Res Don Mills, O nd 's Syeney Singapore # Tokyo ”Acknowledgments We would like to thank our friends and our families for their sup- port and encouragement during the past year. We would also like to acknowledge the many friends and colleagues who talked to us about our project. Without the inspiration and encouragement of Steve Molinsky, we may never have finished it. Valuable feedback was also provided by Gloria Mason, Carol Anastasi, Rachel Good- man, Ellen Smith, Gary Cestaro, Howard Tinberg. and Sue Siegel. Thank you one and all! A Publication of the World Language Division Editorial: Kathleen Sands Boehmer Manufacturing/Production: James W. Gibbons Ilustrations: Kathy Todd and Susan Avishai Design: Dixie Clark Production Cover Design: Marshall Henrichs Credits: p. 15. L.A. Morse: pp. 42.43, 45. The New York Times: p. 45. The Boston Globe: P. 128, Adapted from Tactics in Reading Il by O.S, Niles, D.K. Bracken. M.A. Dougherty find R.F. Kinder. Copyright © 1964, 65 by Scot, Foresman and Company. Reprinted by permission Copyright © 1986, by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. Inc. All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a ferleval system. or transmitted fm any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical, photocopying. recording, or othe ise. without the prior weltten permiasion of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America, ISBN 0-201-15865-5 1718 1920.0RS.97 96 95 94 “a This PDF was created using the Sonic PDF CreatorPARTI PARTI PART III PART IV APPENDIX To the Teacher Introduction How to Become a Better Reader How to Read Faster How to Think in English Reading for Pleasure Reading Comprehension Skills Unit 1 Previewing and Predicting Unit 2 Scanning Unit 3 Guessing Word Meanings Unit 4 Topics Unit 5 Topics of Conversations Unit 6 Topics of Paragraphs Unit 7 Main Ideas of Paragraphs Unit 8 Finding the Pattern of Organization Listing Time order Cause-effect Comparison Unit 9 Using Reference Words Unit 10 Skimming Passages for Foster Reading Exercises for Thinking Skills Answer Keys Introduction Reading Comprehension Skills Faster Reading Thinking Skills “a This PDF was created using the Sonic PDF Creator 152 241 259 259 271 273