Wadsworth Publishing NOTE: The book is now out of print. To obtain a copy, try Amazon.com, or contact the author to purchase a .pdf version with teachers manual Paperbound � 1995 320 pages Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-24486-6 Price: US $24.95, UK �18.95, Canada $34.95

This renegade book is a breath of fresh air for students who need to develop basic skills, but do not require remedial training. It contains a variety of timely readings and examples designed to capture students' interest as they learn to read critically.

• Provocative articles covering issues such as gays in the military and the Ku Klux Klan.
• Exercises that appear throughout each chapter.
• Key points that are highlighted in boxes for easy reference.
• An appendix on ''Resources on Critical Reading.''
• Exercises that appear throughout each chapter.
• Key points that are highlighted in boxes for easy reference.
• An appendix on ''Resources on Critical Reading.''

�          Introduction.

�          Section 1: Reading: An Active, Reflective, Problem-Solving Activity.

1. Analysis--Making the Complex Simple.

2. Prior Knowledge and Meaning--The Art of Controlled Inference.

3. I Know What It Says, But What Does It Mean?--Inferring Meaning.

�          Section 2: Critical Reading of a Text as a Whole.

5. The Text as Portrayal--Choices.

6. A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose. or Is It?--What Examples Are Examples Of.

7. ''Know That We Have Divided Into Three Our Kingdom ''--Identifying Analytic Parts.

8. Inferring Meaning from Relationships--Inference Equations.

9. Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?--The Choice of Language.

10. ''Authoritative Sources Said . . . ''--Invoking Belief and Acceptance.

11. Critical Thinking--Going Beyond an Interpretation.

�          Section 3: Tactics and Techniques--Putting It All Together.

12. Restatement, Description, and Interpretation--A Review.

13. Sample Analyses.

�          Texts For Analysis.

I. Contrasts. A. The Ku Klux Klan. B. The Assassination of Malcolm X. C. Gays and the Military. D. A Question of Ethics.

II. Petitions, Arguments and Pleas.

III. Contemporary Issues.

�          Appendixes: Resources for Critical Reading.

1. Outlining.

2. The General/Specific Relationship.

3. The Role Model of Paragraph Structure.

4. The Descriptive Model of Paragraph Structure.

5. The Relationship Model of Paragraph Structure.

6. Logic and Statistics. Notes. Index.