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Previewing a text involves scanning titles, headings, subheadings, introductions and conclusions to get an overview of the content and organization. This helps the reader evaluate if the text is relevant, read more efficiently by identifying important information, and engage with the text by anticipating questions. Previewing saves time and improves comprehension by preparing the reader before they engage with the full details of the text.

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Previewing 2019

Previewing a text involves scanning titles, headings, subheadings, introductions and conclusions to get an overview of the content and organization. This helps the reader evaluate if the text is relevant, read more efficiently by identifying important information, and engage with the text by anticipating questions. Previewing saves time and improves comprehension by preparing the reader before they engage with the full details of the text.

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ONLINE READING

COMPREHENSION LAB
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How to Preview a Text


What is Previewing? Why should I preview before I read?
Examining the content and Previewing is an excellent way
organization of a text in order to save time and improve
to become familiar with it before reading. your understanding of a text.

When you Advantages of Previewing:


preview, you look
for sign-posts by 1. First, it helps you evaluate a text in
doing the order to decide if it is relevant for your
following things: purposes. This requires you to think
about what your purpose is before you
• Scan for
read. For instance, if you’re doing
titles, headings, and
research on a topic, previewing can
subheadings
help you evaluate if a text provides
• Skim the first paragraph or
information you need.
introduction
• Skim the last paragraph or 2. Second, it helps you read faster by
summary identifying passages that you must read
• Scan the first sentence after carefully versus those that you can skim
each heading or skip. Generally, you want to slow
• Skim the abstract (if down and read more carefully when a
provided) passage covers a new topic you know
• Make a note of graphic aids very little about; contains complicated or technical
such as figures, tables, material; is filled with essential visual aids like tables,
charts, graphs, and images charts, graphs, and images; contains a lot of new or
• Make a note of typographical difficult vocabulary; or requires a lot of visualization or
aids such as bold-faced or interpretation. On the other hand, you may want to skim
highlighted words and or skip material when a passage is easy to read, covers
phrases material you already know well, or covers material that
• Scan any supplemental isn’t relevant to your purpose for reading.
material at the beginning or
end of the text, such as 3. Finally, it helps you read better by
chapter outlines, chapter helping you identify questions you may
objectives, discussion have about the text.
questions, or vocabulary lists

The contents of this work were developed under grant #P116F150077 from the U.S. Department of Education.
However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you
should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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