Stepsinskimminganarticle
• Read the title--it is the shortest possible summary of the content.
• Read the introduction or lead-in paragraph.
• Read the first paragraph completely.
• If there are subheadings, read each one, looking for relationships
among them.
• Read the first sentence of each remaining paragraph.
a. The main idea of most paragraphs appears in the first sentence.
b. If the author's pattern is to begin with a question or anecdote, you may find the last sentence more valuable.