Table of Contents

Concept Map - Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension Skills

Reading to Understand

Introduction to the “Reading Process”

The Reading Process

Basic Reading Comprehension Skills

The Main Idea
Facts and Details
Sequencing
Context Clues
Inferences
Logical Conclusions
Fact vs. Opinion

Vocabulary

Homonyms and Idioms

Reading Literature

Figures of Speech and Literary Devices

Anecdote
Metaphor
Similes
Personification
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Hyperboles
Pun
Irony
Flashback
Foreshadowing

Poetry
Short Stories

Fables
Myths
Legends
Tales and Tall Tales
Modern Short Story

Journalism

Newspapers
Magazines