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How to Visualize What You Read

Good readers visualize instinctively. Students taught to use visualization techniques will become better readers and enjoy reading more, and also will understand more of what they read. Readers who visualize will enhance the meaning of what they read with mental imagery, allowing them to link their experiences to the words and ideas in the text, according to the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. You can teach yourself to visualize until it becomes natural.

Things You'll Need

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Instructions

    • 1

      Select a text appropriate for your age and reading level. Read each sentence slowly. As you read, use movies, television shows, photographs, pictures, paintings, people you have met, places you have visited and other experiences to picture what the writer is talking about.

    • 2

      Write, "When I read this I see" after each paragraph and follow with a simple sketch including the images you have summoned up as you read the paragraph. Alternatively, say the words out loud and describe out loud what you see after each paragraph.

    • 3

      Look up words you don't know, and things and places you have never heard of, to help with your visualization. For example, if you're reading about medieval times but don't know what a vambrace refers to, you can't visualize it. Looking up an image helps you visualize it and enhances your comprehension.

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