The document provides tips for improving reading comprehension skills, including scanning passages to highlight key facts, widening vocabulary by practicing skimming passages quickly to identify major points, selecting unfamiliar words to determine meanings from context clues, making inferences and conclusions, identifying the passage type and organizing information, and practicing paraphrasing.

2. 1.
 Scan passages
 Highlight key facts
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3. 2.
 Widen vocabulary
 Practice skimming a
passage quickly
 Identify major points
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4. 2.
 Select unfamiliar words and
identify their meanings from
context clues
 Identify the reference of
pronouns
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5. 2.
 Practice making inferences
and conclusions
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6. 3.
 Identify the passage type
 Organize information in the
passage (outline or chart if
necessary)
 Recognize and practice
paraphrasing
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