Practice - The First Pass: Skimming for Overview
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Practice Questions
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What is the primary goal of skimming?
💡 Hint: Think about what you want to learn first from a passage.
Give one example of what to look at when skimming.
💡 Hint: Where would you start to find what the text is about?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the first step in skimming an unseen passage?
💡 Hint: What do you look at first in a book or article?
Skimming helps readers in what way?
💡 Hint: Does skimming make reading easier or harder?
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Challenge Problems
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You have 10 passages to read before an exam. Describe your strategy using the First Pass technique.
💡 Hint: How can you manage time effectively?
Reflect on a situation where skimming could mislead you. How would you approach it differently with deeper reading?
💡 Hint: Consider texts that require detailed analysis.
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