You might recall we had an excellent series on Write Tribe on how to write a book review by Claire McAlpine. If you haven’t read the posts before, I would urge you to read them today:
How To Write a Book Review and Why Anyone Can Do It
While re-reading those posts, I thought I’d do a short one on the different methods of reading. This is useful information for anyone, but especially for writers who must first of all be readers!
Skimming Scanning And Detailed Reading
Skimming
Skimming means:
· Looking at: the beginnings or ends of paragraphs, sentences, words or headings to give you a general idea about what you are reading.
· reading something quickly
· not reading every word
· not using a dictionary
What kind of text do you skim read?
· leaflets
· newspaper articles
· posters
Scanning
Scanning means:
· Looking at: sentences, words, headings or numbers to find important information.
· reading something quickly
· not reading every word
· not using a dictionary
What kind of text do you scan?
· a telephone book
· an instruction booklet
· a newspaper article leaflet or poster for information like a date, a time or about important events
Detailed reading
Detailed reading means:
· Reading the text carefully because you want to understand everything.
· using a dictionary
What kind of text do you read in detail?
· a letter from the bank
· a recipe
· instructions
Now I have a question for you? When reading a story book what method of reading do you use? Skimming scanning or detailed reading? I’d love to hear what you have to say!
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- Write a post sharing your thoughts on a subject of your choice. Make it as personal as possible.
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