Is Knowing All the Words Enough

You are learning many ways of figuring out unknown words. Will you now understand everything you read? Is knowing the meaning of each word enough? To be a really good reader you have to understand ideas! Knowing the words helps you understand ideas.
Do you remember what you have learned about talk? You learned that speaking and writing are simply two different ways of using words to communicate an idea, or message.
All talk begins with an idea. One person has an idea. He wants to present his idea to someone else. The speaker uses words to carry his thoughts.