Reading Strategies
  
  
  
    
      
      
    
  
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            Cause
          
        
          Why it happens
        
      
 
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            Effect
          
        
          What happens
        
      
 
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            Sequence
          
        
          The order in which things are done or events happen
        
      
 
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            Summarizing
          
        
          Identifying key ideas in a text and presenting those ideas in a short form
        
      
 
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            Author's Purpose
          
        
          The reason an author has for writing
        
      
 
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            Main Idea
          
        
          The most important point an author is trying to make
        
      
 
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            Details
          
        
          Support the main idea in a reading selection