Chapter Overview

Comprehension is the reader's ability to understand the author's directly stated ideas, facts, and details.

In this chapter you will learn how to

identify the main idea
summarize and restate information
recognize supporting details in the form of examples, reasons, facts, and descriptions
understand a word in context

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