Understanding the Topics 

Just as previewing helps you to understand the important ideas ina book, a unit ofa chapter, identifying the topic of what you are reading helps you to focus on the general subject of a reading.

 A topic is the general subject of the sentences in a paragraph or that of the paragraphs in a text. It is much like a title for the paragraph or the text. Finding out the topic of what you are reading is the first step toward understanding subject information. Knowing the paragraph topic builds a base of comprehension which leads to further understanding about the text.