Read the opening sentence of each paragraph which usually contains the main concept of the paragraph. It is written intentionally in that manner, which is called the journalistic style of writing. In journalistic writing, the intent is that the first sentence of a paragraph is the most important, with each following sentence being of decreasing level of importance. The first paragraph is usually the most important paragraph, with each following paragraph being of decreasing level of importance. This is intentionally a style of writing, to satisfy readers who habitually not read all of articles.
Journalists know that some of the readers drop out of read, after each paragraph.
So, the first letter of the formula, the S, stands for Survey. The next letter in the formula, the Q , stands for Question . It means to go through the entire content to be studied, and turn the first sentence into a question. In this manner, the student will have made some study questions for him or herself to read for when reading the text. So, the second letter of the formula, the Q , stands for Survey.