Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition

Five Reasons to Read More Often
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It will improve your vocabulary.
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It will improve your reading comprehension.
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It will increase your reading speed.
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It will broaden your understanding of yourself and
others.
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It will introduce you to new information and ideas.
Order of Importance to You
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Order of Presentation
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4.
5.
In which order did you choose to present your
ideas? Most important to least important? Or least to
most? Either structure will work beautifully with these
ideas. You may want to hit your readers with what’s
most important from the start so that you make sure
you catch their attention. Or you may want to save
your best idea for last so that your readers get through
all the other ideas first and build up to the most impor-
tant. You might present the ideas differently, but here
are two versions of the resulting paragraph as examples.
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O R D E R O F I M P O R TA N C E
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Example: Most to Least Important
There are many benefits to reading more often. First
and foremost, reading more will broaden your
understanding of yourself and of other people. It will
also introduce you to new information and ideas.
Furthermore, it will improve your overall reading
comprehension so you’ll begin to understand more
of what you read. In addition, reading more will
improve your vocabulary and increase your reading
speed.
Example: Least to Most Important
There are many benefits to reading more often. First,
it will increase your reading speed, so that you can
read more in less time. Second, it will improve your
vocabulary. Third, it will improve your overall read-
ing comprehension, and you’ll understand more of
what you read. In addition, reading more will intro-
duce you to new information and ideas. Most
importantly, it will broaden your understanding of
yourself and of other people.