Mastering Reading Techniques

Reading helps you know more and go more places.

Reading is only for entertainment.

Learning is not related to reading.

Reading is a waste of time.

To get the main ideas quickly

To memorize every detail

To read every word carefully

To ignore the text

Reading the preface and table of contents

Focusing on subheadings and highlighted words

Searching for topic sentences

Reading every word in detail

Looking at specific words

Reading every word

Ignoring headings

Skipping numbers

Recipes

Novels

Notices

Written instructions

To get a bigger picture and enjoy the story

To memorize every detail

To analyze grammar

To answer questions

Scanning

Intensive

Skimming

Extensive

Survey

Question

Review

Summarize

Reading topic headings

Reading every word in the text

Looking at charts and graphs

Focusing on bold-faced words

Recite key information and ideas

Put the material in your own words

Re-read until you feel comfortable

Underline key concepts

To memorize every detail

To identify overall themes and relationships between concepts

To write a summary of each section

To skip difficult parts