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Reading Comprehension Skills
Literal
Interpretive/Inferential
Critical
Creative
main details:title; illustrations making generalistions judging responding emotionally
main idea reasoning cause and effect when the facts are not clearly stated analysing applying information to a new situation
sequence of events antipating endings authors purpose innovating on text
evident character traits inferring motives from actions,  dialogue or illustrations checking validity predicting
Ccause and effect relationships - answering "why?" drawing conclusions character responses .
Non FictionTexts
* selecting specific details
* locating information and understanding the function of the index, glossary and contents pages
* classifyng according to subheadings, paragraphs, steps (dependent on text type)
* summarising according to key words or main concepts