Download or read book Practical Vocabulary written by and published by Learning Express (NY). This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With examples from literature, essays, tech writing, and articles, this fully updated edition provides a close-reading tutorial in an easy 20-step program. This guide helps readers learn how to quickly: - Get essential information from a passage - Find the main idea - Identify chronological order - Define vocabulary in context - Distinguish between fact and opinion - Identify similarities and differences, point of view, diction, and style - Assume causes and predict effects - Find meaning in literature - Draw conclusions