Assignment
Name : Diyaa Al-Deen Mojeeb Ali Abdo Nasher
Question : What are the differences between :
- Fables and Stories .
- Scanning and Skimming .
Answer :
- Fables and Stories :
Fables
A fable is a short story that
usually has a moral or
lesson
A fable is an imaginary
whose characters are
mostly animals, birds, ect.
A short moral story – often
with animals characters –
about mythical or
supernatural beings or
events ( Legend )
Date : 2023-08-27
Stories
A story is a narrative that is
meant to entertain or
inform
A story can be both real or
imaginary, and whose
characters are basically
humans
A message that tells the
particulars of an act or
occurrence or course of
events, presented in writing
or drama or cinema or as
radio or television program
 Assignment
Name : Diyaa Al-Deen Mojeeb Ali Abdo Nasher Date : 2023-08-27

- Skimming and Scanning

Parameter Skimming Scanning
Objective To find a general To find a specific
theme, topic, or information
mraning
Purpose Gives an idea of Helps to find
what is a full text specific
about information
Technique Reading the Looking over the
Involves introduction, whole text to find
conclusion, specific
headings, and information
subheadings
Advantage Reader can read Reader can find
the maximum text limited but
in a limited period specific
information
Need to read the No Yes ( If not all,
whole text then at least a
major part of a
text )
 Assignment
Name : Diyaa Al-Deen Mojeeb Ali Abdo Nasher Date : 2023-08-27

Usage To decide They are more

whether or not concerned
to read the with the
text completely word's form
because they
know what are
they looking
for
Nature of the approach General Specific
Application Reading Searching for a
newspaper word in
dictionary
Method of reading Quick Selective
Familiarity Reader is not Reader is
familiar with familiar with
the text the text