Determine what you think will happen in the text: Predict. Create mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text: Visualize. Stop and ask yourself questions to see if the text makes sense: Question. Think about what you already know about the text. Find ways to relate the text to yourself, other texts, and the world around you: Connect. Think about the text as a whole and form opinions about what you read: Evaluate. Stopping when you are confused to reread or look up a word you don't know: Clarify . When you give your opinion of a book or story, you are using the strategy: Summarize. Making pictures in your mind as you read is an example of ________: Visualization. Wondering about why a character acted in a certain way is using the comprehension skill of __________: Questioning. "This story reminds me of something I heard on the news," is an example of which strategy: Connection