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Reading well requires using multiple strategies throughout various stages of the reading process.
Take the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Inventory (MARSI) to assess your strategy use.
Once you have understood different reading strategies, you can apply different strategies in different situations and for different purposes. Here is a summary chart of strategies:
| Global Strategies | Problem Solving Strategies | Support Strategies |
|---|---|---|
| Set a purpose | Read slowly | Take notes |
| Activate prior knowledge | Get back on track | Read difficult texts aloud |
| Preview | Adjust rate | Summarize |
| Check the content fits the purpose | Pay close attention when the text gets difficult | Underline and circle important information |
| Use bold type, italics, etc. | Stop and think | Discuss |
| Critically analyze and evaluate | Visualize | Use tools such as the dictionary |
| Use context clues | Reread | Paraphrase ideas |
| Skim for helpful characteristics | Try to figure out unknown words | Self-question |
| Use supports, such as graphs, charts, and diagrams | Go back and forth in the text to connect ideas | |
| Make predictions | ||
| Check predictions |