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This unique book provides instruction on the importance of effective reading, supplies soon-to-be effective readers with multiple perspectives on a given issue, and professes that the skills and attitudes associated with critical reading are vital for success in life. The reader contains five topical issues that learners can use to practice objectively analyzing diverse points of view and then reach reasoned judgments. A variety of writing styles and organizational structures emphasize reading exposition and argument, while including a poem and myth. For individuals who want to acquire the skills, strategies, habits and attitudes of effective readers.