Effective reading skills include maintaining concentration, identifying the main idea, relating the details to the main idea, highlighting appropriately, and:
a. improving reading speed.
b. reading slowly and thoroughly.
c. having your friends and family read to you.
d. passively engaging.
A
Evidence relates reading speed to comprehension; the faster you read, the more you understand what you are reading.
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