1. Main Ideas, Central Ideas, Implied Main Ideas
Practice with Main Ideas, Central Ideas, and Implied Main Ideas
Finding the Topic and the Main Idea
2. Supporting Details
Practice with Supporting Details
3. Fact and Opinion
Practice with Fact and Opinion
4. Purpose and Tone
Practice Identifying Purpose and Tone in a Reading
5. Organizational Patterns and Organizational Transitions
Practice Recognizing Patterns of Thought in a Reading
Different Patterns of Organization
6. Inferences
Practice Making Inferences
7. Argument and Support
Practice with Argument Basics
8. Figurative Language and Idioms
Metaphor and Simile
Types of Figurative Language
Idioms and Quizzes
9. Using a Dictionary
Reading the Dictionary
Using a Monolingual Dictionary
10. Textbook Analysis and Methods of Textbook Reading and Note-taking
Reading Textbooks
Anatomy of a Textbook
Cornell Note-taking System
SQ3R Method of Reading
11. Test Skills and Practice for Reading Exams
A: Florida State Basic Skills Exit Exam Practice
Florida State Basic Skills Exit Exam Practice
B: CPT Reading
Skills Covered on the CPT
CPT Reading Practice Tests from Valencia CC
C: Understanding Test Questions
Analyzing Test Directives in Essay Tests
14. Word Study
Prefixes
Answers.com
Develop Vocabulary While Reading
Using Context Clues
15. Summarizing and Paraphrasing
See Writing Resources section
