Speed reading

[Mysteroo]

So I want to start learning how to speed read,

On my ACT the only thing keeping me from a 30 now is Science and reading, which the main problem is just having enough time to read all that information in such little time. I don't read as much as I should so I'm naturally not the fastest of readers. So in the next few weeks I'm going to be practicing Speed Reading.

While I doubt I'll be reading 1,200 words a minute like a certain president claims, it can supposedly triple my reading speed. So do any of you guys know how to speed read?

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[ResonKinetic]

Skim over each word briefly and do your best to comprehend the whole sentence based on the little pieces you take in.

[Bisjac]

anyone can read very very fast. but only smart people can fully understand it at that point.
if its a news article or book you can read the beginning and end of paragraphs only and pretty much get the important parts. proper writing allows this to work.

[dorkdotdan]

Skim over each word briefly and do your best to comprehend the whole sentence based on the little pieces you take in.

This, reading each individual word is pretty redundant

[Mysteroo]

So far it seems pretty simple, but it takes a ton of focus, making it really difficult

[Lusk]

Its not to hard, just takes a bit of practice

[Blockzillahead]

So far it seems pretty simple, but it takes a ton of focus, making it really difficult

Just take the important words/parts of a sentence and use your logic to expand on it.

[Unwritten Calender]

I always speed read. Read the word in front of the word you have to say next. That's what I do.

"Hey, how's it going?"

While I would be saying the word "hey", I would be thinking of saying "how's" in my head.

[psychomutt]

Its not to hard, just takes a bit of practice

*too
generally, i just look up a summary for a book.

[Harm94]

I like to reread a few times to comprehend the material. Simple sentences I can skim, but most of the time I reread. I score higher than fast readers on tests.

[fred da kiko]

"johny has two apples, he give one apple to sarah. how many apples does johny have?"
read as
"two apples, one apple to sarah"

[Oasis]

"two apples, one apple to sarah"

Question then. Who has two apples?

Subjects are important to sentence structure.

[fred da kiko]

Question then. Who has two apples?

Subjects are important to sentence structure.

not when it's a word problem with two subjects that can be translated to 2-1. If it were a more complicated problem the subjects would be important, but since you don't need to keep tabs on anyone all subjects can be removed. The only reason sarah is in the read section is because it would be difficult to comprehend the sentence without the noun.