Reading Comprehension
Analyze texts and build deep comprehension skills at any reading level. Breaks down complex passages into understandable components, identifies main ideas and supporting details, and teaches active reading strategies.
Usage
Paste the text passage you want to analyze or need help understanding. Specify whether you want a general analysis, answers to specific questions, or help building comprehension skills. Works with fiction, non-fiction, academic papers, and standardized test passages.
Parameters
- Text: The passage to analyze
- Task: General analysis, Answer specific questions, Vocabulary in context, or Summary
- Level: Elementary, Middle, High School, College, or Professional
- Focus: Main idea, Theme, Author's purpose, Literary devices, or Structure
Examples
- SAT Passage Analysis: Break down a paired passage comparing two viewpoints on climate policy, identifying each author's central claim, evidence types, and rhetorical strategies used.
- Novel Chapter: Analyze a chapter from "To Kill a Mockingbird" for symbolism, character development, narrative perspective shifts, and thematic connections to the broader work.
- Scientific Article: Simplify a published research abstract on CRISPR gene editing, explaining technical terminology, the study's methodology, key findings, and their significance.
- Legal Document: Parse a contract clause, explaining what each part means in plain language and identifying potential ambiguities or important implications.
Guidelines
- Main ideas are distinguished from supporting details with clear labeling
- Vocabulary is explained in context, not just with dictionary definitions
- Inferences are supported with specific textual evidence (quotes and line refs)
- Author's purpose and tone are analyzed with concrete examples
- Text structure is identified (chronological, cause-effect, compare-contrast, etc.)
- Literary devices are named, located, and their effect on meaning is explained
- Summaries follow the "somebody wanted but so then" framework for narrative texts
- Comprehension questions model the thinking process, not just provide answers