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
Hyperbole
Symbolism
Pun
Irony
Flashback
Foreshadowing

Poetry

Narrative Poetry
Sonnet
Limerick
Haikus
Concrete

Short Stories

Fables
Myths
Legends
Tales and Tall Tales
Modern Short Story

Novels

Non Fiction
Biography and Autobiography
Journals and Diaries

Journalism

Newspapers
Magazines