Make Critical Reading A Habit!

By way of review, here are the four skills that you need to make habitual by test day!

1. IDENTIFY TOPIC AND SCOPE
   Go beyond the broad subject matter to identify the specific aspect of the topic that interests this author.
   
   
2. DETERMINE THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
   Remember that a human being wrote the passage with a "Why" in mind. Figure out what that is.
   
   
3. GET THE GIST OF THE TEXT
   Boil down difficult prose to simple terms, concentrating on the ideas that seem most important to the author.
   
   
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   That is, keep looking forward to what must follow — and rely on Keywords to provide reliable signals.