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BL
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| Record Number
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757214
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b577178
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| Main Entry
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LearningExpress (Organization)
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| Title & Author
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Reading in 15 minutes a day.\ LearningExpress (Organization)
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York : LearningExpress, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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Junior skill builders.
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| Page. NO
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v, 282 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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| ISBN
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1576856615
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: 9781576856611
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| Contents
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Chapters: Multiple meaning words --; Words that sound or look alike --; Synonyms and antonyms --; Prefixes and suffixes --; Terminology and jargon --; Context clues --; Denotation and connotation --; Genre: Fiction or non-fiction? --; Author's purpose --; Tone and style --; Text features --; Graphics --; Main idea and supporting details --; Chronological order --; Cause and effect --; Compare and contrast --; Fact and opinion --; Question and answer --; Problem and solution --; Making inferences --; Drawing conclusions --; Summarizing --; Character and setting --; Plot: conflict and resolution --; Point of view --; Theme --; Imagery --; Flashback and foreshadowing --; Figurative language : idiom, personification, hyperbole --; Figurative language : similies and metaphor --; Posttest --; Glossary.
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| Abstract
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Provides a pretest covering multiple-meaning words, synonyms and antonyms, prefixes and suffixes, context clues, and summarizing, followed by thirty short lessons and a posttest to assess progress.
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| Subject
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English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
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| Subject
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Reading (Middle school)
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Reading (Secondary)
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LearningExpress (Organization)
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Reading in fifteen minutes a day
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