Reading stratigies

Reading stratiges strait up suck. I am terrible at most english evaluation things so its not in my area of expertice. I have to read an article and say that its about and I can't do that. I don't comprehend things when it comes to mixed messages and why people say what they do. For my assinment I know that I will not do well for the paper because even when I knew what I was talking about in my last paper I still only got a C+.