Colloquial Expressions + Skim + General references | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

This is a reading skill you use when you want to locate a single fact or a specific bit of information without reading every part of story, article, list,or document.

Scanning

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This is published by year, and they list up-to-date facts, statistics, charts and some unusual information.

Almanacs and yearbooks

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monster

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seesaw

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fairy

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banana

Go to last place!

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Contains detailed articles on nearly every subject, photos, illustrations, maps and diagrams are also added to help the readers.

Encyclopedia

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an example of FORMAL LANGUAGE which means: to ask someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats or violence

interrogate

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This enables you to extract detailed information, to note the sequence of events, and be aware of patterns, similarities, comparisons, and contrast.

Close Reading

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Give an example of CONTRACTIONS

isn’t, don’t, won’t, they’re, can’t, shouldn’t

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This is used when reading all types of documents.

Skimming and Scanning

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monster

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seesaw

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rocket

Go to first place!

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baam

Lose 15 points!

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This is a collection of detailed maps published as a book.

Atlas

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This is the informal/familiar or popular English. This is also used in everyday spoken English.

Colloquial Language

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This is usually used in writing such as textbooks and university essays.

Formal Language

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This uses a respectful and academic tone. This is also uses more complex vocabulary than everyday speech.

Formal Language

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These are called "slices of life"

Anecdote

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This is very fast reading. This is where you read to get the main ideas and a few, but not all, of the details. To do this, you must leave out parts of an article or story.

Skimming

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