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    English reviewer for Walter
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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 uses a respectful and academic tone. This is also uses more complex vocabulary than everyday speech.
    Formal Language
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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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  • 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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  • Give an example of CONTRACTIONS
    isn’t, don’t, won’t, they’re, can’t, shouldn’t
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  • 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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  • As a writer, it is of the outmost importance to be aware of your reader or ________________. Try not to offend your reader.
    Audience
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  • These are called "slices of life"
    Anecdote
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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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  • This is usually used in writing such as textbooks and university essays.
    Formal Language
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  • This is used when reading all types of documents.
    Skimming and Scanning
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  • This general reference gives information about words. It's main part consists of pages listing A to Z vocabulary.
    Dictionary
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  • This is a collection of detailed maps published as a book.
    Atlas
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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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  • Contains detailed articles on nearly every subject, photos, illustrations, maps and diagrams are also added to help the readers.
    Encyclopedia
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