1.1 - Advanced Strategies for Skimming and Scanning
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Practice Questions
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What does skimming help you to do?
💡 Hint: Think about the key things you look at when first reading something.
List two components you should look at when skimming.
💡 Hint: What are the parts of a text that summarize the main ideas?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is skimming primarily used for?
💡 Hint: Consider what you do when you need a quick understanding of something.
True or False: Supporting details can be examples, facts, or anecdotes.
💡 Hint: Think about the types of information that back up the main point.
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Challenge Problems
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Read a passage and identify all the keywords associated with its main idea. Discuss how these keywords can help facilitate skimming and scanning.
💡 Hint: Look at the title, headings, and repeated terms.
Create a one-paragraph summary of a text you are currently reading, incorporating the main idea and at least three supporting details without quoting directly from the text.
💡 Hint: Balance your wording to reflect the original content while expressing it through your understanding.
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