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to look quickly at headings, sub-headings and topic sentences to get a general idea of what a text is about. Skimming tells us about the type of text (novel, encyclopaedia or newspaper report), style of the text (descriptive, factual or objective), what the text is about, the tone or point of view of the writer, and makes it possible to sift through various sources to find something, instead of reading everything closely.
(also called neutrality) being neutral and unbiased. A newspaper reporter should write about...
any writing in poetic form. See blank verse and free verse.
a process by which the reader goes through a poem line by line, analysing its rhythm or meter...
in music: soft music we hear without noticing, played to create atmosphere (mood).
a figure of speech in which an absent person or thing is addressed as if they are there and able...