Reading Strategies Quiz

What is the purpose of skimming in reading?

• To skip reading and move on to the next text.

• To read a text word by word.

• To quickly gather the main ideas or key points of a text.

• To memorize every detail of a text.

When using scanning as a reading strategy, what are you looking for?

• grammar mistakes

• random facts

• punctuation errors

• specific keywords or phrases

How to define skimming and scanning reading techniques?

• Skimming and scanning are techniques used for quickly finding information in a text.

• Skimming and scanning are techniques used for analyzing the structure of a text.

• Skimming and scanning are techniques used for memorizing information in a text.

• Skimming and scanning are techniques used for reading a text word by word.

How can skimming and scanning be applied in academic reading?

• By reading the entire text word by word.

• By highlighting every sentence in the text.

• By quickly looking over the text to get a general idea and then searching for specific information or keywords.

• By reading the text backwards from the last sentence to the first sentence.

What is the main goal of skimming for main ideas?

• To skim through unimportant information.

• To read every word in a text.

• To summarize the entire text in detail.

• To quickly identify the most important information in a text.

What are some common skimming techniques?

• previewing, reading headings, scanning for keywords, looking for visual cues

• reading every word, taking detailed notes, reading slowly, ignoring headings

How can scanning help you save time in reading?

• By skimming through the text without paying attention to keywords

• By reading every word carefully

• By relying solely on the headings and ignoring the rest of the text

• By quickly looking for keywords, headings, and important information instead of reading every word.

What are some examples of academic reading materials where skimming and scanning can be useful?

• textbooks, research papers, journal articles, lecture notes

• cookbooks, travel guides, self-help books

• newspaper articles, magazine articles, blog posts

• novels, short stories, poetry

What are the differences between skimming and scanning?

• Skimming and scanning are the same thing.

• Skimming is used for fiction books, while scanning is used for non-fiction books.

• Skimming is used to locate specific information, while scanning is used to get an overview.

• Skimming is used to get an overview, while scanning is used to locate specific information.

When you have the keyword, you can scan for the information and....

• skimming for main idea

• ignore the unrelated information

• highlight the text

• look for the title