Recognize the significance of the content

Recognize importance details

Recognize unrelated details

Find the main idea of a paragraph

Find the main idea of large discourse sections

Differentiate fact and opinion

Locate topic sentences

Locate answers to specific questions

Make inferences about content

Critically evaluate content

Realize an author's purpose

Determine the accuracy of information

Use a table of contents

Use an index

Use a library catalog (online is more common now) 

Use appendices

Read and interpret tables

Read and interpret graphs 

Read and interpret charts

Read and interpret maps

Read and interpret cartoons

Read and interpret diagrams

Read and interpret pictures

Read and interpret formulas

Read and understand written problems

Read and understand expository material

Read and understand argument

Read and understand descriptive material

Read and understand categories

Adjust reading rate relative to purpose of reading

Adjust reading rate relative to difficulty of material

Scan for specific information

Skim for important ideas

Learn new material from text

(Gunderson, 1991, pp. 145-146)