Praised for its breadth, high-interest student readings and accessible writing style, the seventh edition has been reorganized to focus on previewing, reading, and memory/test-taking.

1. YOU, THE READER: BUILDING YOUR OWN FUTURE. Self-Talk. Learning Styles. Study Preferences. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 2. PREVIEWING. Background Knowledge: Recognizing What You Know. Survey Strategies for College Texts. Surveying Nontraditional Texts. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 3. READING. Read: Summarizing Main Ideas. Recite: Checking Your Understanding. Review: Making Information Your Own. SQ3R: Putting It All Together. Reading Narrative Text. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 4. MEMORY AND TEST-TAKING. Coping with Anxiety. Reviewing for Exams. Maximizing Learning. Strategies for Reading and Taking Exams. Reading and Reviewing Returned Tests. Chapter Summary. Exercise. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 5. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT. Types of Words. Word Origins. Intentional Additions. Personal Vocabulary Development. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 6. USING THE CONTEXT. Using Context to Identify Part of Speech. Using Context Clues to Determine Meaning. In and Out of Context: Figurative Language. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 7. ANALYZING VOCABULARY THROUGH STRUCTURE. Structural Analysis. Identifying Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots. Creating Meaning Through Association. Limitations of Structural Analysis. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 8. READING AND THINKING CRITICALLY. Drawing Valid Conclusions. Finding the Author's Perspective. Differentiating Between Fact and Opinion. Assessing Problems and Issues. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 9. READING IN THE INFORMATION AGE. Internet: Information Superhighway. Information and the World Wide Web. Searching the Internet. Evaluating Web Sites. Documenting What you Find on the Internet. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 10. READING GRAPHICS. Comparing Tables. Analyzing Graphs. Reading Diagrams and Flowcharts. Using Timelines. Reading Maps. Chapter Summary. Chapter Review. Exercises. READ: Keys. 11. SAMPLE CHAPTER. Answers to Chapter Maps. How to Compute Words-Per-Minute.