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7/21/2019 Reading Comprehension Skills http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/reading-comprehension-skills-56da1b7f4e37a 1/2 Reading Comprehension Skills a. How to fnd main idea? The main idea must say something about this subject. The main idea o a text is usually an assertion about the subject. An assertion is a statement that requires evidence (!roo"# to be acce!ted as true. The main idea o a !assage is an assertion about its subject$ but it is something more% &t is the idea that also holds together or controls the !assage. The other sentences and ideas in the !assage will all relate to that main idea and serve as evidence" that the assertion is true. 'ou might thin o the main idea as a net that is cast over the other sentences. The main idea must be general enough to hold all o these ideas together. Thus$ the main idea o a !assage is% ()# an assertion about the subject* and (+# the general idea that controls or holds together the !aragra!h or !assage. b. How to fnd an ex!licit main idea? ,x!licit main idea is that an ex!licit main idea is ex!licitly stated when the reader scans$ he-she moves his eyes quicly down a !age or list to fnd one s!ecifc detail. canning allows him-her to locate quicly a single act$ date$ name$ or word in a text without trying to read or understand the rest o the !iece. He-she may need that act or word later to res!ond to a question or to add a s!ecifc detail to something she-he is answering. c. How to fnd an im!lied main idea? /inding an im!lied main idea requires us to use our observations to mae an inerence that$ lie a to!ic sentence$ encom!asses the whole !assage. &t might tae a little detective wor$ but now that we now how to fnd details and how to understand word choice$ style$ and tone$ we can mae observations that will enable us to fnd main ideas even when they0re not ex!licitly stated. 1hat maes it di2erent rom im!lied and ex!licit main ideas is that im!lied main idea is not ex!licitly stated but ex!licit one is ex!licitly stated. d. How to fnding meaning rom context /inding meaning rom context needs a detective wor. 1e can still learn about the word by how it is used$ by examining the words and ideas surrounding it. This is called determining word meaning through context. 3ie detectives looing or clues at a crime scene$ we must loo at the !assage or clues that will hel! us defne this word. Thus$ more oten than not$ a careul loo at the context will give enough clues to fnding meaning$ (3earning ,x!ress$ +445#. e. How to fnd a word reerence? 6asically$ the conce!t o word reerence is sim!le. A word must reer to a word in a !revious sentence. &t is !rone to fnd a subject or an object. 7inds o a word reerence in subjects are I, you, we, they, she, he, and it . 7inds o a word reerence in objects are me, you, us, them, him, her, and it . 1e can also fnd

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7/21/2019 Reading Comprehension Skills

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/reading-comprehension-skills-56da1b7f4e37a 1/2

Reading Comprehension Skills

a. How to fnd main idea? The main idea must say something about this subject. The main idea o a textis usually an assertion about the subject. An assertion is a statement thatrequires evidence (!roo"# to be acce!ted as true. The main idea o a !assage

is an assertion about its subject$ but it is something more% &t is the idea thatalso holds together or controls the !assage. The other sentences and ideas inthe !assage will all relate to that main idea and serve as evidence" that theassertion is true. 'ou might thin o the main idea as a net that is cast over theother sentences. The main idea must be general enough to hold all o theseideas together. Thus$ the main idea o a !assage is% ()# an assertion about thesubject* and (+# the general idea that controls or holds together the !aragra!hor !assage.

b. How to fnd an ex!licit main idea?,x!licit main idea is that an ex!licit main idea is ex!licitly stated when thereader scans$ he-she moves his eyes quicly down a !age or list to fnd ones!ecifc detail. canning allows him-her to locate quicly a single act$ date$name$ or word in a text without trying to read or understand the rest o the!iece. He-she may need that act or word later to res!ond to a question or toadd a s!ecifc detail to something she-he is answering.

c. How to fnd an im!lied main idea?/inding an im!lied main idea requires us to use our observations to mae aninerence that$ lie a to!ic sentence$ encom!asses the whole !assage. &t mighttae a little detective wor$ but now that we now how to fnd details and how

to understand word choice$ style$ and tone$ we can mae observations that willenable us to fnd main ideas even when they0re not ex!licitly stated. 1hatmaes it di2erent rom im!lied and ex!licit main ideas is that im!lied main ideais not ex!licitly stated but ex!licit one is ex!licitly stated.

d. How to fnding meaning rom context/inding meaning rom context needs a detective wor. 1e can still learn aboutthe word by how it is used$ by examining the words and ideas surrounding it. This is called determining word meaning through context. 3ie detectiveslooing or clues at a crime scene$ we must loo at the !assage or clues thatwill hel! us defne this word. Thus$ more oten than not$ a careul loo at the

context will give enough clues to fnding meaning$ (3earning ,x!ress$ +445#.

e. How to fnd a word reerence?6asically$ the conce!t o word reerence is sim!le. A word must reer to a wordin a !revious sentence. &t is !rone to fnd a subject or an object. 7inds o a wordreerence in subjects are I, you, we, they, she, he, and it . 7inds o a wordreerence in objects are me, you, us, them, him, her, and it . 1e can also fnd