General Vs Local Comprehension General comprehension or Global comprehension means understanding the general meaning of what an individual is reading. It is referred to the central idea of a multiple paragraph. Local comprehension can be defined as the most important point about the topic of an individual paragraph. The general meaning is stated in the paragraph and hence visible to the reader. The local or implicit main idea was suggested in the paragraph and hence less visible to the reader. Reading for facts Every reading passage contains facts and details. The facts and details tell more about the main idea. Questions about facts and details ask you about something that was stated in the passage. To answer a question about a factor detail, look back to the passage to find the answer. Five WH questions and one H question answers everything about facts or details. They are who, what, when. Where, why and how.
