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Un 'manual' para nuevos lectores próximamente CUANDO & DONDE: Tiempo Temprano o tarde Espacio Luz, muebles, etc. CUERPO: Energia Cansancio & ansiedad Comodidad Ropa, etc. MENTE: Atención Ruido . Dudas personales sobre la lectura: . Otras actividades . etc.

1. Read Early in the Day Many people can double their reading speed and improve their concentration by reading the material that's important to them early in the day. 2. Use a Flexible Reading Speed Some reading material must be read slowly and carefully: legal contracts, mathematical equations, and poetry are a few examples. Other reading material can be read at much faster speeds: newspapers, magazines, and novels. Adjust your reading speed to the type of reading material and your reading purpose. 3. Preview Before Reading Look through material first to get a sense of what's interesting and important to you, and what you might be able to skip. Then focus on the sections that you need to understand and remember, and skim or skip the rest. 4. Avoid Highlighting Although readers believe that highlighting in yellow (or any other color, for that matter) improves their reading speed and comprehension, the reverse is actually true. Highlighting simply

Aims of Better Reading: . comprehension . speed . retention Worst Reading Habits: . fixation . regression . auditory reassurance

Alliteration isn the repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words. Example: rough and ready Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the end of the words. Example: Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Rivere. Rhythm is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a sentence or line of poetry. Example: Twas broiling, and the slithy toves did gyre and gymble  in the wabe Onomatopeia is the use of words to imitate sounds. Example: bang, thump, whizz Simile is a comparison using like or as Example: The star is like a diamond in the sky The dancer was graceful as a cat Metaphor is an indirect comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. Example: The stars are candles in the sky Personification is the technique of giving human qualities to an object, animal or idea. Example: The train whistle-screamed The hail tap-danced on the roof Hyperbole is an exagg

CLASSICS ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer Set during the Trojan War, The Iliad combines battle scenes with a debate about heroism; Odysseus' thwarted attempts to return to Ithaca when the war ends form The Odyssey. Its symbolic evocation of human life as an epic journey homewards has inspired everything from James Joyce's Ulysses to the Coen brothers' film, O Brother Where Art Thou?. The Barchester Chronicles Anthony Trollope A story set in a fictional cathedral town about the squabbles and power struggles of the clergy? It doesn’t sound promising, but Trollope's sparklingly satirical novels are among the best-loved books of all time. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Heroine meets hero and hates him. Is charmed by a cad. A family crisis – caused by the cad – is resolved by the hero. The heroine sees him for what he really is and realises (after visiting his enormous house) that she l