Summary Reading Nonfiction These are the most important strategies you used for reading nonfiction selections: You learned that as you become familiar with the subject matter your reading comprehension and speed increase You continued to look for topic sentences, key words, and transition elements. You continued using the context to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words, finding now that you can locate context clues yourself You practiced finding the meaning of words as they are used in a particular field You learned that writers try to use synonyms or paraphrase expressions rather than repeat words You practiced the skill of skimming to find out if the selection is one you want to read more thoroughly You looked for the skeleton, the organization of the writing