Active reading skills

AUTHOR
CONCLUSION
DESCRIPTIVE
EVIDENCE
EXAMPLES
EXPLAIN
HIGHLIGHT
HOW
INFORMATIVE
INTRODUCTION
KEYWORDS
OPINION
PERSUASIVE
POINT
PURPOSE
QUOTES
SIGNPOSTS
SUBHEADING
TARGETAUDIENCE
THEME
TITLE
UNDERLINE
WHO
WHY

Think about the skills and techniques that help you to read and understand a piece of text. What things do you need to think about? What shortcuts can you take to help you find the information you need efficiently?

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

T E T F N O I N I P O M O I J
U A U T H O R Q H R S L Z N X
E G R G B Y L M F D R L K H W
H N E G V Q U O T E S Q N Z W
T I P V E V I D E N C E O V D
P D G U I T H E M E Y X I U E
E A W H R T A T N I O P S F S
R E H H L P A U O M M L U S C
S H Y I O I O M D D P A L D R
U B O W W X G S R I P I C R I
A U C W L L C H E O E N N O P
S S I G N P O S T S F N O W T
I E N I L R E D N U F N C Y I
V N O I T C U D O R T N I E V
E X A M P L E S T I T L E K E
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Answer Key for Active reading skills

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AUTHOR  22e
CONCLUSION  1313n
DESCRIPTIVE  155s
EVIDENCE  55e
EXAMPLES  115e
EXPLAIN  125s
HIGHLIGHT  14se
HOW  29se
INFORMATIVE  1314nw
INTRODUCTION  1314w
KEYWORDS  1414n
OPINION  111w
PERSUASIVE  16s
POINT  127w
PURPOSE  35se
QUOTES  74e
SIGNPOSTS  212e
SUBHEADING  212n
TARGETAUDIENCE  88se
THEME  66e
TITLE  915e
UNDERLINE  1013w
WHO  37se
WHY  37s