Reading Comprehension Techniques

1. Three Step Method

• Preview
• Reading
• Review

2. Skimming
3. Outlining

• Underlining
• Note taking

4. Phrasing (grouping words)
5. Getting the Main Idea
6. Reading the Questions first
7. Predicting Questions
8. Questioning the Author

• What is the author's purpose?
• What is the author doing in this paragraph?
• Why did the author put this information here?
• What is being compared/contrasted here?
• What alternatives does the author offer?
• What is the author implying?
• What is the author not telling you?
• What is the author's tone?

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