Practice - Strategies for Effective Reading: Skimming, Scanning, and Close Reading
Practice Questions
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What is the main purpose of skimming?
💡 Hint: Think about what you would do to look over the whole text quickly.
What strategy would you use to find a recipe's ingredient list?
💡 Hint: This strategy is for locating specific information.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary goal of scanning?
💡 Hint: Think about searching for specific details.
True or False: Skimming involves reading every word in the text.
💡 Hint: Remember how you quickly check a text.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a complex textual passage using all three reading strategies and write down your findings based on each method.
💡 Hint: Pay attention to what details change your understanding with each strategy.
Given a text, create a skimming guide and a scanning checklist for a peer who will read it.
💡 Hint: Consider important aspects that define each reading strategy.
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