What is the difference between skimming and scanning? a. Skimming is when you read a small part of the text and scanning is when you read the whole text. c. Skimming is only reading the beginning and scanning is only reading the end. b. Skimming is when you look quickly over the text and scanning is when you look for something specific in the text. d. none of the above

C

Explanation:

Skimming is to read quickly to just know the topic

Scanning is to read the text but quickly

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.