Introduction -- Primary source photographs : analyzing visuals -- Investigating texts and visual representations -- Working with abstract words and derivatives -- Comprehending appositives and relative clauses -- Distinguishing main ideas and details -- Supporting story elements and details -- Making inferences -- Summarizing -- Identifying themes -- Comparing and contrasting themes or topics in two texts -- Determining point of view -- Getting started with arguments : claims, reasons, and evidence -- Examining text structure sequence -- Demystifying cause and effect -- Reading within and across texts -- Understanding structural elements of drama.