Reading, Language, & Speech

• Excelsior Online Reading Lab

  A detailed, interactive program that explains the various elements involved in reading comprehension, such as questions, summarizing, synthesizing, and many more.

• PQRST Method for Reading Retention

• Reading as a Writer

• Reading Success Skills

• Questioning

• Previewing

• Annotating

• Annotating Your College Textbooks

  Slide Deck

• Annotating a Textbook

• Annotating an Essay or Book

• Annotating a Work of Fiction

• Annotating a Journal Article

You can practice your annotation skills by printing the blank document below and annotating it. 

You can then compare it to the Sample Annotated Document.

• Blank Document for Annotation

• Sample Annotated Document

Read the excerpts of stories below, check your reading comprehension by answering the questions that follow, then check yourself by clicking on the answer key beneath each story.

Story 1: The Last of the Mohicans

• The Last of the Mohicans

• Answer Key 1

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Story 2: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

• Answer Key 2

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Story 3: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Devil's Foot

• Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

• Answer Key 3

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Story 4: Jack and Jill

• Jack and Jill

• Answer Key 4

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Story 5: Moby Dick

• Moby Dick

• Answer Key 5