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2
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- Purpose: to locate a specific detail
- Examples
- use the telephone directory
- check a history text for the name of Bill Clinton’s secretary of state
- Rate: 1500+ words per minute
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3
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- Familiarize yourself with the format
- Fix your target in your mind
- predict the form of the information
- predict key words
- Use a pacer to zoom down the page, expecting the answer to jump out
- Slow down to verify the answer
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- Purpose: to preview or overview
- Examples
- survey a textbook chapter before reading
- check the contents of an article to see if it will be useful for a
research project
- Rate: 1000 words per minute or more
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5
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- Read the title
- Read the introduction
- Use graphic aids like bold-faced headings
- Read first sentences of paragraphs
- Look for repeated key words
- Read the conclusion
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Notes
