Reciting. This step is crucial in processing the information you’re learning about and is the biggest difference between reading to learn and reading for entertainment. Now that you’re familiar with the material, the aim of the reciting phase is to reorient your mind and attention to focus and learn more fully as you go along. In other words, this step is about literal recitation. Ask questions—out loud, verbally—about what you’re reading. This is also the point where you take copious notes in the margins of the text and underline or highlight key points. Recitation is verbal and also through
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