Reading Across the Disciplines College Reading and Beyond, 8th edition Kathleen
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Answer Key n
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Reading Across the Disciplines n n n
College Reading and Beyond
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Eighth Edition n
Kathleen T. McWhorter, Niagara County Community College
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Answer Key fo n n
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Part 1 n
A Handbook for Reading n n n
and Thinking in College
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Chapter 1 n
READING ACTIVELY n
Exercisen 1-1n Evaluatingn Textbookn Learningn Aids
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Answersn willn vary.
Exercisen 1-2n Activen Readingn (p.n 33)
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, 1. annotatenasnyounread,ncomparenandncontrastnthenpoems’nsubjectnmatter,nlanguage,n an
dnmeaning
2. underlinen keyn steps,n visualizen then process,n focusn onn overalln purposen ofn then lab
3. underline,n writen summaryn notes,n discovern hown then articlen relatesn ton coursen content
Exercisen 1-3n Whatn Didn Youn Learnn fromn Previewing?n (p.n 37)
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
Exercisen 1-4n Previewingn (p.n 38-40)
1. then naturen ofn zoos
2. Zoosncannhelpn preventnthenextinctionn ofn species.
3. Zoosn keptn animalsn innsmalln cagesn andn then animals’n welfaren wasn notn important.
4. Answersn willn vary.
5. Answersn willn vary.
Exercisen1-
5nActivatingnBackgroundnKnowledgen(p.n41)nAnswersnwill
nvary.
Exercisen1-
6nCheckingnYournComprehensionn (p.n42)nAnswersnwillnva
ry.
Exercisen1-
7nUsingnSQ3Rn(p.n44)nAnswersnwillnva
ry.
Exercisen 1-8n Highlightingn 1n (p.n 46-47)
1. B
2. ExamplenAncontainsntoonmuchnhighlighting.nToonmanyndetailsnarenhighlighted,nan
dnthenhighlightingnwillnnotnsavenmuchntimeninnreviewing.
Exercisen 1-9n Highlightingn 2n (p.n 47)
Answersn willn vary.n Seen AIEn forn samplen highlighting.
Exercisen 1-10n Annotatingn 1n (p.n 54)
Answersn willn vary.n Seen AIEn forn samplen annotations.
Exercisen1-
11nAnnotatingn2n(p.n54)nAnswersnwilln
vary.
Chapter 2 n
2
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,LEARNING DURING AND AFTER READING
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Exercisen2-
1nOutliningn(p.n59)nAnswersnwillnvary.
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, Exercisen 2-2n Drawingn anConceptualn Mapn (p.n 60-61)
1. meetingn then basicn needsn ofn society
2. taken overn fromn oldern generation,n keepn societyn going
3. youngn ton becomen contributorsn ton welfaren ofn society
4. Religiousn Institution;n bearablen orn satisfying
5. makesn andn enforcesn lawsn ton preventn destabilizationn ofn society
6. Economicn Institution
Exercisen2-
3nDrawingnanConceptualnMapn2n(p.n61)nAnswersnwi
llnvary.
Exercisen 2-4n Drawingn an Processn Diagramn 1n (p.n 62-63)
1. bill
2. vote
3. Senate
4. president
5. signs
6. 2/3n vote
7. doesn notn pass
8. law;n U.S.n Criminaln Codes
Exercisen2-
5nDrawingnanProcessnDiagramn2n(p.n64)nAnswersnwi
llnvary.
Exercisen2-6nDrawingnanTimenLinen(p.n65-
66)nAnswersnwillnvary.
Exercisen2-
7nDrawingnanPartnandnFunctionn Diagramn(p.n66)nAnswe
rsnwillnvary.
Exercisen 2-8n Paraphrasingn1n(p.n 68)
1.n 2
2.n Paraphrasen 1ndoesnnotncontainn thenimportantn ideanthatnsilencen variesn crossn culturally.nPa
raphrasen 3n isn inaccuraten (notn alln Siberiann womenn aren silent)n andn itn doesn notnexplainn t
hatnsilencenisnanformnofncommunicationn thatnvariesncross-
culturally.n Itndoesnnotnexplainn thatnsilencen doesn notnalwaysn indicatenpowerlessness.
Exercisen2-
9nParaphrasingn 2n(p.n69)nAns
wersnwillnvary.
Exercisen 2-10n Summarizingn 1n (p.n 70)
Therenarenthreenstagesninnthengeneralnadaptationn syndrome,n whichnisnthenbody’snrespo
nsentonstress.nInnthenfirstnstage,ncallednalarmnreaction,nthen sympatheticn nervousnsyste
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