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Define the term skimming

Define the term skimming.

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Martin
-This is a reading strategy used when a reader wants to get the main (gist) of a text within a very short time. You will find this reading strategy very useful especially when you are under pressure of time to get some information from written texts. Good writers organize ideas logically.

-Each idea is expressed in a paragraph and every paragraph has a topic sentence that expresses the main idea. Other sentences in the paragraph give information that supports the main idea in various ways: give clarifications, examples, illustrations, explanations, related data, etc. When skimming a text for gist, you need to read the topic sentences only.

- The topic sentence is usually the first of a paragraph. But sometimes a writer may choose to make the second sentence of a paragraph the topic sentence of the paragraph. On rare occasions, a writer may make the last sentence of the paragraph the topic sentence. This is determined by the writing style that a writer may adapt to convey certain information.

-Skimming gives the reader a clear understanding of the gist of the text. You can skim through a long text or even a book in just a few minutes and get the gist of the text/book
marto answered the question on April 2, 2019 at 05:11

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