This skills-based text, designed for the highest developmental reading course, is distinguished by its treatment of affective comprehension, that is, "the reader's intellectual and emotional response to what is read."
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This long-established workbook aims to help students improve their literal, critical, and affective reading comprehension, as well as reading speed. It features examples from essays, fiction, and poems, plus review questions and timed exercises. The chapters focus on issues related to vocabulary, literal recall, computer skills, fact and opinion, tone and perspective, argument and evaluation, and affective awareness. The authors are affiliated with Santa Barbara City College and the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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