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
Symbolism
Pun
Irony
Flashback
Foreshadowing