Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Reading Skills
Unit 1 : Reading Skills
Take a close look at the following cartoon :
Ask yourself the following questions:
INTENTION
• What is the message the writer wishes
to convey?
Generation Gap; Changing technology
ATTITUDE
• What are the writer’s personal
feelings towards the subject?
Puzzlement; Surprise; Confused
TECHNIQUE
• What is the technique used and
how is it applied?
Humour to make people pay attention;
contrast between old and new
When reading a text …..
Intention
Attitude
Technique
The key to comprehending a text
lies in understanding the
structure of the text
Introduction
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Conclusion
The Burger In A Paragraph
Expansion
(Explanation)
(Example)
(Elaboration)
Main Idea
(Summative Statement)
The Parts of a Burger (In A Paragraph)
• Main Idea: Main Point of the Paragraph. This is
often captured in the TOPIC SENTENCE of the
paragraph