Short Answer:
Reading a text without pausing to
study the details is called skim reading or skimming.
Long Answer:
Reading a text without pausing to
study the details is called skim reading or skimming. While skimming through
the text you must consider
1)
For what kind of a reader the text is written
for.
2)
The type of text (report, informal letter,
formal letter, article, advertisement...)
3)
The author’s intention when he wrote the text
(to describe, to inform, to explain, to instruct, to persuade); and
4)
The general contents of the text.
What is skimming?
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Reviewed by enakta13
on
August 31, 2019
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