Reading Comprehension: Explicit & Interpretive
Recognize explicit meaning (1.A)
- Identify supporting details and data points
- Spot patterns and trends in texts
- Locate facts directly stated
Interpret meaning (1.B)
- Determine main idea, theme, purpose
- Identify intended audience
- Analyze point of view, perspective, tone, attitude
- Recognize organizing structures and rhetorical strategies
- Deduce word/phrase meaning from context clues
Synthesize & infer (1.C)
- Connect information within or across sources
- Draw logical conclusions
- Infer implied meaning through context



