viii, 472 pages : 24 cm The Advanced Reading-Writing Connection will help you become a more effective reader and writer. You will learn, in a nutshell, that good readers (1) recognize a main point and (2) recognize the support for that point, and that good writers (1) make a point and (2) support the point Includes index Reading and writing skills. Vocabulary development for reading and writing -- Main ideas in reading -- Supporting details in reading -- Main ideas and supporting details in writing -- Understanding the writing process -- Relationships in reading -- Relationships in writing -- More relationships in reading -- More relationships in writing -- Inferences in reading and writing -- Argument in reading and writing -- Fifteen selections for readers and writers. Introduction to the reading selections -- Growing less dumb / Eileen Brenoff -- College athletes should be paid / Ann Kaufmann -- Life isn't fair / Beth Johnson -- Managing conflicts in relationships / Rudolph F. Verderber -- Controlling your destiny / Guadalupe Quintanilla -- Forget what you know about good study habits / Benedict Carey -- To Tony Lopez, with love / Steve Lopez -- A path to marriage / Jean Sutton -- Consequences of social class / James Henslin -- The ugly truth about beauty / Dave Barry -- rethinking Sleep / David K. Randall -- Marijuana today / Mark Bowden -- The bitter truth about sugar / Emily Carlin -- Diamonds aren't forever / Ruth A. Rouff -- Today's jobs crisis : what students need to know / Donald Bertram -- Writing a research paper with sources