alleryGlancing over headings and first lines to get the gist is:
AScanning
BClose reading
CReading aloud
DSkimming
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Skimming
1. Skimming involves searching the sentences of a page for clues to the main idea.
2. It often means reading the beginning and ending, and the first sentence of each paragraph.
3. Scanning instead looks for specific information.
4. So getting the gist is skimming.
**Why not the others:** Scanning hunts for particular facts, close reading studies a passage in detail, and reading aloud is speaking the text.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Speed reading", section "Skimming and scanning" (revision 1379569234)_
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