StylesofreadingTherearethreestylesofreadingwhichweuseindifferentsituations:Scanning:foraspecificfocusThetechniqueyouusewhenyou'relookingupanameinthephonebook:youmoveyoureyesquicklyoverthepagetofindparticularwordsorphrasesthatarerelevanttothetaskyou'redoing
It'susefultoscanpartsoftextstoseeifthey'regoingtobeusefultoyou:theintroductionorprefaceofabookthefirstorlastparagraphsofchapterstheconcludingchapterofabook
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It'susefultoskim:topreviewapassagebeforeyoureaditindetailtorefreshyourunderstandofapassageafteryou'vereaditindetail
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