If you feel frustrated or lost while reading, here's where to find the guidance to identify and develop 10 essential skills. Take advantage of the helpful hints and suggestions that accompany each question to learn effective reading strategies.

ReadingSpace Tests 10 Essential Skills:

1. Determining an author's topic
2. Understanding an author's purpose
3. Finding the central idea of an entire selection
4. Recognizing an organizational pattern
5. Identifying supporting details
6. Distinguishing fact from opinion
7. Making an inference
8. Determining the meaning of a word from its context
9. Writing a well-developed paragraph or essay
10. Understanding how ideas are related