Elementary and Inspectional Reading Flashcards
What are the two parts of inspectional reading?
Inspectional Reading 1: skimming or prereading
Insepectional Reading 2: Superficial Reading
How many parts are there to skimming/prereading?
7 different parts
What are the parts to skimming/prereading?
1) Look at title page & read preface
2) Study the table of contents
3) Check index
4) Read Publisher’s Blurb
5) Look at Chapters that seem to be pivotal toward argument
6) Look sequentially throughout the book, reading paragraphs of pages at a time.
7) Read the last 2-3 pages.
What does superficial Reading entail?
Reading the whole book focusing solely on what you know. Don’t stop to look things up. This method which encourages reading a book twice allows you to firmly grasp what knowledge you already do have so the second time around when you look up the information you’re unfamiliar with you can see how things fit in with each other.
What questions are involved in being a demanding reader? (What you can do while doing your inspectional reading)
What is the book about as a whole?
What is being said in detail and how?
Is the book true in whole or part?
What of it? What follows?
