Reading Comprehension Strategies
Topic - ANS Subject of a text
Main Idea - ANS Main idea is the most important point being made. Often needs a full
sentence.
Supporting Details - ANS Provide evidence/examples for the main idea.
Controlling Idea - ANS The main idea of the text
Rephrase/Paraphrase - ANS Explain an idea in your own words.
Inference - ANS Using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know, or reading
between the lines.
Conclusion - ANS A deduction made by a reader about an unstated outcome from a passage.
Explicit - ANS The information is directly stated within the passage.
Inferences - ANS A conclusion reached by critical thinking.
Implications - ANS Things not directly stated, but readers can assume based on what the
author does say.
Logic - ANS The framework of reasoning used to understand ideas
Memo (Memorandum) - ANS A common form of written or printed communication with specific
structure and sections.
Printed Public Announcements - ANS A common form of printed communication informing the
public about organizations, events, and services.
Classified Advertisement (ads) - ANS Short, detailed text offering items and services with
specific components like headline, offering, and call to action.
Blog - ANS A website that is usually informal and independently run.
Classified - ANS A print advertisement selling or soliciting something.
Forum - ANS An online message board.
, Graphics - ANS A diagram, graph, illustration, or other piece of artwork.
Legend/Key/Map - ANS Map feature that explains symbols, colors, shapes, and other
elements.
Scale - ANS Ratio of distance expressed to actual measurement.
Sequence - ANS Refers to order and pattern.
Sequential - ANS Following a fixed order with a logical pattern.
Chronological - ANS In order by time.
Assumption - ANS An uncertain belief of an unstated idea.
Bias - ANS Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another,
usually in a way considered to be unfair or inaccurate.
Fact - ANS A statement that can be proven.
Opinion - ANS Thought, belief, idea, judgment that cannot be proved.
Point of view - ANS The author's position from which something is observed or considered; a
standpoint.
Stereotype - ANS A fixed image or idea categorizing a certain group of people into one
misconception.
Tone - ANS The author's voice and attitude toward the topic.
Persuasive/Argumentative - ANS Mode that convinces the reader to believe something about
the written topic.
Problem/Solution - ANS Structure including introduction of the problem, a plausible solution,
and a call to action.
Expository - ANS Mode of writing that informs, explains, or tells how to.
Cause and Effect - ANS Relationship where the cause is why something happens and the
effect is what happened.
Compare/Contrast - ANS To compare is to find similarities, to contrast is to identify differences.
Narrative - ANS Mode of writing that can entertain, inform, and challenge readers.
Topic - ANS Subject of a text
Main Idea - ANS Main idea is the most important point being made. Often needs a full
sentence.
Supporting Details - ANS Provide evidence/examples for the main idea.
Controlling Idea - ANS The main idea of the text
Rephrase/Paraphrase - ANS Explain an idea in your own words.
Inference - ANS Using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know, or reading
between the lines.
Conclusion - ANS A deduction made by a reader about an unstated outcome from a passage.
Explicit - ANS The information is directly stated within the passage.
Inferences - ANS A conclusion reached by critical thinking.
Implications - ANS Things not directly stated, but readers can assume based on what the
author does say.
Logic - ANS The framework of reasoning used to understand ideas
Memo (Memorandum) - ANS A common form of written or printed communication with specific
structure and sections.
Printed Public Announcements - ANS A common form of printed communication informing the
public about organizations, events, and services.
Classified Advertisement (ads) - ANS Short, detailed text offering items and services with
specific components like headline, offering, and call to action.
Blog - ANS A website that is usually informal and independently run.
Classified - ANS A print advertisement selling or soliciting something.
Forum - ANS An online message board.
, Graphics - ANS A diagram, graph, illustration, or other piece of artwork.
Legend/Key/Map - ANS Map feature that explains symbols, colors, shapes, and other
elements.
Scale - ANS Ratio of distance expressed to actual measurement.
Sequence - ANS Refers to order and pattern.
Sequential - ANS Following a fixed order with a logical pattern.
Chronological - ANS In order by time.
Assumption - ANS An uncertain belief of an unstated idea.
Bias - ANS Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another,
usually in a way considered to be unfair or inaccurate.
Fact - ANS A statement that can be proven.
Opinion - ANS Thought, belief, idea, judgment that cannot be proved.
Point of view - ANS The author's position from which something is observed or considered; a
standpoint.
Stereotype - ANS A fixed image or idea categorizing a certain group of people into one
misconception.
Tone - ANS The author's voice and attitude toward the topic.
Persuasive/Argumentative - ANS Mode that convinces the reader to believe something about
the written topic.
Problem/Solution - ANS Structure including introduction of the problem, a plausible solution,
and a call to action.
Expository - ANS Mode of writing that informs, explains, or tells how to.
Cause and Effect - ANS Relationship where the cause is why something happens and the
effect is what happened.
Compare/Contrast - ANS To compare is to find similarities, to contrast is to identify differences.
Narrative - ANS Mode of writing that can entertain, inform, and challenge readers.
