Reading Focus – Level N
Preface vi
Introduction vii
About the Author viii
Unit 1 Using Alliteration 9
Unit 2 Understanding Allusion 11
Unit 3 The Relationship Between Words and Analogies 13
Unit 4 Persuasion Techniques 21
Unit 5 Analyzing Characters 23
Unit 6 Antonyms 31
Unit 7 Understanding the Author’s Purpose 33
Unit 8 Bandwagon & Persuasion Techniques 45
Unit 9 Setting Up Business Letters 47
Unit 10 Understanding Cause and Effect 49
Unit 11 Understanding Characterization 57
Unit 12 Finding the Main Idea and Supporting Details 59
Unit 13 Comparing and Contrasting 63
Unit 14 Making Comparisons 71
Unit 15 Defining Compound Words 73
Unit 16 Locating Context Clues 75
Unit 17 Following Instructions and Directives 77
Unit 18 Distinguishing Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama 81
Unit 19 Determining Implicit Main Idea & Supporting Details 83
Unit 20 Predicting and Generalizing 91
Unit 21 Distinguishing Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words 99
Unit 22 Understanding Descriptive Text 101
Unit 23 Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences 103
Unit 24 The Author’s Purpose to Entertain, Inform, and Persuade 108
Unit 25 Understanding Essays 110
Unit 26 Determining the Explicit Main Idea and Supporting Details 113
Unit 27 Exploring Expository Text 120
Unit 28 Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion 121
Unit 29 Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion 123
Unit 30 Understanding Figurative Language 127
Unit 31 Comprehending Flashback 131
Unit 32 Understanding Folktales 135
Unit 33 Grasping Free Verse 137
Unit 34 Setting Up Friendly Letters 139
Unit 35 Understanding Homophones 141
Unit 36 Understanding Hyperbole 143
Unit 37 Grasping Idioms 145
Unit 38 Understanding Supporting Details 147
Unit 39 Seeing the Author’s Viewpoint 149
Unit 40 Interpreting Instructions and Directives 151
Unit 41 Determining the Nonliteral Meaning of Phrases 168
Unit 42 Interpreting Literal and Nonliteral Meaning of Words and Phrases 162
Unit 43 Reading for Understanding Drama 166
Unit 44 Determining the Implicit Main Idea 170
Unit 45 Identifying Metaphors 178
Unit 46 Mood and Tone 180
Unit 47 Analyzing Mood and Tone 186
Unit 48 Identifying Myths 190
Unit 49 Narrative Text 192
Unit 50 Techniques of Personification 194
Unit 51 Persuasive Text 196
Unit 52 Identifying Persuasive and Propaganda Techniques 200
Unit 53 Identifying the Literary Form of Poetry 202
Unit 54 Contractions and Possessives 204
Unit 55 Prediction and Generalizations 206
Unit 56 Making Prediction and Generalizations 208
Unit 57 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words 214
Unit 58 Using Graphs to Answer Questions 218
Unit 59 Recognizing Rhyme in Poems 222
Unit 60 Recognizing Rhythm in Poems 226
Unit 61 Matching Root Words with Definitions 228
Unit 62 Identifying Context Clues 230
Unit 63 Semantic Relationships and Context Clues 232
Unit 64 Identifying Key Words in Sentences 238
Unit 65 Identifying a Simile as a Literary Technique 242
Unit 66 Picturing a Setting 246
Unit 67 Identifying Story Development While 248
Unit 68 Story Development and Picturing a Plot 250
Unit 69 Adding Suffixes to Words 252
Unit 70 Summarizing Text 255
Unit 71 Recognizing the Supporting Details 263
Unit 72 Grasping Simple Symbolism 271
Unit 73 Identifying Symbols used as Literary Forms 273
Unit 74 Using Word Knowledge of Synonyms 275
Unit 75 Understanding Paragraphs Including Narrative, Persuasive, Expository, and Dessciptive 276 Unit 76 Understanding the Use of Onamatopoeia 278
Unit 77 Using Transitional Words 280
Unit 78 Understanding Order in Paragraphs including, Importance, and Spatial 282
Unit 79 Using Capital Letters 284