12.2.1 Intensive Reading: Comprehension Strategies

• Mental images in a passage on modern fashion; sentences that paint
• Contextual clues to infer word meaning and unstated information
• Direct and inferential questions; charts of mental pictures

• identify mental images in a text correctly
• use contextual clues to infer information and meanings of words correctly in a text
• acknowledge the role of comprehension in effective communication

“What do you remember most after reading a text?”

“How do we get information from a text?”

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1. Sentences that make pictures
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Underline image-making lines in a modern-fashion passage. Sketch or list what you see, hear and feel.
2. Infer words and hidden information
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use context clues to work out meanings. Answer direct and inferential questions on the fashion passage.