COMPREHENSIVE READING INFERRING CAUSE AND

 Understanding what you read. EFFECT - As a reading skill,

 Determined by answering the enables you to identify the
question about the selection reasons for or result of
 Includes predicting, summarizing something. This is important
and critical thinking in order to establish a clear
connection between and
INFERRING - a comprehension skill among the details of the
which involves the use of information text.
presented in the text and connecting
it to your own knowledge. SIGNAL WORDS OF CAUSE
AND EFFECT
LEVELS OF COMPREHENSION
Because of
therefore
1. LITERAL COMPREHENSION - as a result of
involves understanding of the Makes
message directly stated in the text. effects
consequences of
2. INFERENTIAL COMPREHENSION - Affects causes
means that you as a reader is able Brings about thus
to make inferences, draw Determines results
conclusions and predict outcomes
from information implicitly stated in BIG CONCEPTS - bring the
the text. attention of your audience
over a key concept
3. APPLIED COMPREHENSION - is using icons or illustrations
how you are able to use your
experiences and prior knowledge
(Schema) into the written text in
making an evaluation.

SUMMARIZING involves condensing

the text into a shorter form. It
involves getting only the most
important parts of the material.

SUMMARIZING Reflecting on the

teaching of ancient masters written
and compiled by writers help us in
this modern world.

PARAPHRASING An analysis and study

on these teachings of the ancient
masters can improve our intellectual
aspect. Reflecting on these teachings,
which were compiled by writers, could
benefit us in this modern world.

RECALLING DETAILS - details are simply

the facts or ideas presented by the
author in the text. Recalling details is
an important reading skill.