MAIN IDEA
PARAPHRASE
SCAN
Find main ideas in a text.
INFERENCE
Find specific information in a text.
The primary point the author wants to communicate.
A guess about what you don’t know based on the information available.
This (these) tell the reader a bit more about the main idea.
The author’s reason for writing or for choosing certain words.
PURPOSE
DETAIL(S)
Change words without changing the meaning.
SKIM
