ACT Preparation / Unit 16 ACT 1503 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Reading Actively
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The idea
Active reading means noting the main point of each paragraph, and any important shift, in a word or two in the margin, instead of highlighting everything.
In practice
Beside a paragraph about a drought's causes, a reader writes "causes"; beside the next, "effects."
Where people slip
Highlighting alone records where you looked, not what you understood.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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