Critical Reading Skills
PSAT & Scholarship Foundations

Critical Reading Skills

Develop essential reading skills for tackling the reading section of the PSAT.

1 hourReadingBeginner9 topics2 enrolments

Learning Objectives

Improve reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Topics

Reading6 minutes

Main Ideas and Details

Learn how to identify the main ideas and details in a passage.

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Reading6 minutes

Author's Purpose and Tone

Understanding why an author writes a text and the tone used.

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Reading6 minutes

Context Clues

Using context clues to understand unfamiliar words.

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Reading6 minutes

Inference Skills

Making logical inferences based on text information.

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Reading6 minutes

Comparing and Contrasting

Skills for comparing and contrasting ideas within and between texts.

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Reading6 minutes

Reading for Structure

Understanding how to recognize and follow the structure of a text.

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Reading6 minutes

Summarizing Texts

Techniques for summarizing reading passages accurately.

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Reading6 minutes

Identifying Arguments

Recognizing and evaluating arguments in texts.

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Reading6 minutes

Improving Reading Speed

Techniques to enhance reading speed while maintaining comprehension.

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