More Review and Mastery Tests

Click one of the following for a brief chapter and exercises on the following topics:

An Introduction to Purpose and Tone
Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors

Select one of the following lab activities to continue.

Chapter 1: A System for Skilled Reading
Lab Activity 1: Attitudes About Reading
Lab Activity 2: Everyday Contexts for Reading
Lab Activity 3: Using Prior Knowledge in Reading
Lab Activity 4: SQ3R
Lab Activity 5: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 2: Vocabulary in Context
Lab Activity 6: Synonym Clues
Lab Activity 7: Antonym Clues
Lab Activity 8: General Context
Lab Activity 9: Example Clues
Lab Activity 10: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 3: Vocabulary-Building Skills
Lab Activity 11: Roots
Lab Activity 12: Prefixes
Lab Activity 13: Suffixes
Lab Activity 14: Dictionary Skills
Lab Activity 15: Using a Glossary 

Chapter 4: Topics and Main Ideas
Lab Activity 16: General and Specific Ideas
Lab Activity 17: Identifying Topics
Lab Activity 18: Main Ideas
Lab Activity 19: Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details
Lab Activity 20: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 5: Locating Stated Main Ideas
Lab Activity 21: Determining the Main Idea
Lab Activity 22: Placement of Topic Sentences 
Lab Activity 23: Locating the Central Idea
Lab Activity 24: Locating the Main Idea 
Lab Activity 25: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 6: Supporting Details
Lab Activity 26: Determining the Main Idea
Lab Activity 27: Supporting Details
Lab Activity 28: Outlining Major and Minor Details 
Lab Activity 29: Outlines
Lab Activity 30: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 7: Outlines and Concept Maps
Lab Activity 31: Creating Outlines from Questions
Lab Activity 32: Concept Maps
Lab Activity 33: The Table of Contents in a Textbook
Lab Activity 34: Supporting Details 
Lab Activity 35: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 8: Transitions and Thought Patterns
Lab Activity 36: The Time Order Pattern
Lab Activity 37: The Space Order Pattern
Lab Activity 38: List and Time Order Patterns
Lab Activity 39: Process and Classification Patterns
Lab Activity 40: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 9: More Thought Patterns
Lab Activity 41: Comparison and Contrast Patterns 
Lab Activity 42: Cause-and-Effect Pattern 
Lab Activity 43: The Generalization and Example Pattern
Lab Activity 44: The Definition Pattern
Lab Activity 45: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 10: Implied Main Ideas
Lab Activity 46: Adding Up Supporting Details
Lab Activity 47: Using Supporting Details
Lab Activity 48: Implied Main Ideas: Textbook Paragraphs 
Lab Activity 49: Creating a One-Sentence Summary from Supporting Details
Lab Activity 50: Textbook Skills 

Chapter 11: Inferences
Lab Activity 51: Inferences in Images and Words
Lab Activity 52: Inferences in Literature
Lab Activity 53: Inferences in Literary Nonfiction
Lab Activity 54: Inferences in News Articles and Textbook Passages 
Lab Activity 55: Textbook Skills 

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