Previewing is a critical reading strategy that allows readers to get a sense of what a text is about and how it is organized before reading closely. It involves skimming introductory material like headnotes to get an overview and identify the rhetorical situation. Previewing enables readers to understand a text at a high level before diving into the details.

1. 7 CRITICAL READING
STRATEGIES

2. It enables readers to get a sense
of what the text is all about and
how it is organized before reading
it closely.
It is a simple strategy which
includes seeing what you can learn
from the headnotes or other
introductory material like,
skimming to get an overview, and
identifying the rhetorical situation.
PREVIEWING