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Brief Table of Contents | |
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Overview of the Reading Process | |
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The Active Reader Part 1: Asking the Right Questions | |
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The Active Reader Part 2: Answering Your Questions | |
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A Word about Words | |
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Skill Review and Practice Readings | |
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Everyday Life: Finding the Special in the Ordinary (Skill: Main Idea) | |
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In the News: Lasting Issues that Spark Debate (Skill: Supporting Details) | |
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Work and the Dollar: How They Influence Decisions (Skill: Organization) | |
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Health: Preserving the Mind and Body (Skill: Purpose and Tone) | |
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Science and Technology: Investigating New Realms (Skill: Making Inferences) | |
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The Environment: Interacting with a Changing Planet (Skill: Critical Thinking) | |
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The World: Glimpses of Different Places and Perspectives (Skill: Checklist Review) | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Using the Internet | |
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Skimming and Scanning | |
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Forms for Photocopying | |
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DETAILED Table of Contents | |
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Detailed Table of Contents | |
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Preface | |
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To the Student | |
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Overview of the Reading Process | |
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The Active Reader Part 1: Asking the Right Questions | |
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Essential Questions to Ask | |
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What Is the Main Idea of the Reading? | |
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How Does the Writer Support the Main Idea? | |
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How Is the Reading Organized? | |
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What Is the Writer's Purpose? | |
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What Is the Writer's Tone? | |
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What Can I Infer from the Reading? | |
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What Other Critical-Thinking Skills Do I Need to Use to Fully Appreciate the Reading? | |
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The Active Reader Part 2: Answering Your Questions | |
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Delivering the Answers | |
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Annotating | |
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Making Connections | |
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Recording Your Findings | |
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Paraphrase | |
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Summary | |
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Outline | |
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Visual Aids | |
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Applying the Techniques | |
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"Sport or Not a Sport" by David Andriesen | |
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Textbook Considerations | |
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Organization | |
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SQ4R Reading Method | |
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Applying the Techniques | |
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"The Nature of Remembering" from Mastering the World of Psychology by Samuel E. Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise Boyd | |
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Short Story Considerations | |
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Plot | |
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Characters and Dialogue | |
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Conflict | |
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Setting and Tone | |
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Symbolism | |
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Theme | |
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Applying the Techniques | |
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"The Stolen Party" by Liliana Heker | |
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A Word about Words | |
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Expanding Your Vocabulary | |
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Context Clues | |
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Dictionary Use | |
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Dictionary Entries | |
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Online Dictionaries versus Paper Dictionaries | |
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Flash Cards | |
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Multiple Meanings | |
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Denotations and Connotations | |
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Word Parts | |
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Prefixes | |
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Roots | |
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Suffixes | |
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Skill Review and Readings | |
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Everyday Life: Finding the Special in the Ordinary | |
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Main Ideas | |
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The Topic | |
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Topic Sentences | |
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Thesis Statements and Implied Main Ideas | |
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Readings | |
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"Get Time on Your Side" by Jennifer Nichols | |
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"The Blessed Bean: There's Nothing on Earth like Coffee" by Slim Randles | |
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"Professor Delves into Odd Culture of Freshmen" by Michelle Roberts | |
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"Behind Every Grad " by Thomas L. Friedman | |
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"Socialization" from Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach by James M. Henslin | |
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"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes | |
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In the News: Lasting Issues that Spark Debate | |
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Supporting Details | |
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Major and Minor Supporting Details | |
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Types of Supporting Details | |
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Examples | |
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Statistics | |
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Testimony | |
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Reasons | |
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Fact or Opinion | |
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Evaluating Supporting Details | |
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Readings | |
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"We Need to Get Smart about Marijuana" by Rick Steves | |
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"Have Gun, Will Show It" by Nicholas Riccardi | |
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"Under Whom?" editorial from theLos Angeles Times | |
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"Complexion" from Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez | |
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"Identity in Contemporary America" from Created Equal by Jacqueline Jones, Peter H. Wood, Thomas Borstelmann, Elaine Tyler May, and Vicki L. Ruiz | |
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"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut | |
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Work and the Dollar: How They Influence Decisions | |
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Organization | |
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Methods of Ordering Information | |
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Patterns of Organization | |
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Transition Words and Phrases | |
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Readings | |
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"Life Stages of Debt" by Sheyna Steiner | |
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"How to Buy Happiness: Choosing between Stuff and Experiences" by Cynthia G. Wagner | |
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"For Love or Money: Workers Weigh Professional Passion with the Need to Make a Living" by Michelle Goodman | |
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"School Again" from Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston | |
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"Becoming Financially Independent" from Planning Your Future: Keys to Financial Freedom by Stephan Konowalow | |
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"Hot Dog Grotto" by Katy Tallorin | |
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Health: Preserving the Mind and Body | |
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Purpose and Tone | |
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Purpose | |
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Tone | |
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Selecting Tone Words | |
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Readings | |
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"The Great Awakening" by Catherine Price | |
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"Sun Savvy: Myth or Reality? From Blistering to Bronze, the Truth about Tanning" by Tracy Davis | |
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"Cross-Train Your Brain" by Kate Hanley | |
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"How We Eat Reflects and Defines Our Personal and Cultural Identity" from Eating Well for Optimum Health by Andrew Weil, M.D | |
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"Healthy Relationships" from Access to Health by Rebecca J. Donatelle | |
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"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe | |
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Science and Technology: Investigating New Realms | |
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Making Inferences | |
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Inference Clues | |
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Bias | |
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Readings | |
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"Kids Led the Way, But Texting's GR8 for All" by Kevin Simpson | |
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"Constant Techno Communication Brings Lack of Focus and Loss of Privacy" by Eric Adler and Laura Bauer | |
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"Happily Ever Laughter" by Peter Doskoch | |
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"In the Mountain Meadow" from Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey | |
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"Responding to Stress" from Mastering the World of Psychology by Samuel E. Wood, Ellen Green Wood, and Denise Boyd | |
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"Virtuoso" by Herbert Goldstone | |
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The Environment: Interacting with a Changing Planet | |
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Critical Thinking | |
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Faulty Logic | |
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Figurative Language | |
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Readings | |
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"Where to Hide from Mother Nature" by Brendan I. Koerner | |
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"Stuffing a Lifetime into a Suitcase" by Janet Eastman and Bettijane Levine | |
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"Mayors Take the Lead" by Anne Underwood | |
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"Surface Waters and Underground Seas" from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson | |
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"What Makes Cities Livable?" from Environmental Science by Richard T. Wright | |
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"The Phoenix" by Sylvia Townsend Warner | |
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The World: Glimpses of Different Places and Perspectives | |
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Checklist Review | |
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SQ4R Method | |
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Main Idea | |
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Supporting Details | |
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Organization | |
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Purpose and Tone | |
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Inference | |
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Critical Thinking | |
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Short Story | |
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Readings | |
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"Journey to the Seven Wonders" by Tony Perrottet | |
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"Country of Longitudinal Essences" from My Invented Country by Isabel Allende | |
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"Mongolia Dancing in the Village of Delight" by Louisa Waugh | |
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"Uluru from In a Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson | |
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"Gestures" from Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach by James M. Henslin | |
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"Folktales From Around the World: the Roaming Horse, Snake's Promise, Cat and Fox in the Forest, and Crossing the Lake" | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Using the Internet | |
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Skimming and Scanning | |
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Skimming | |
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Scanning | |
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Forms for Photocopying | |
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Reading Review Form | |
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Evidence Chart | |
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Checklists | |
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SQ4R Method | |
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Main Idea | |
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Supporting Details | |
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Evaluating Supporting Details | |
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Organization | |
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Purpose and Tone | |
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Inference | |
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Critical Thinking | |
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Short Story | |
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Glossary | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |