Android Tablet Question

Recently, my iPad was stolen and I purchased a new RCA Viking Pro android tablet, although I certainly prefer the iPad. My question has to do with using a stylus to highlight sentences on the screen. I find that when I attempt to move the stylus along the sentence in order to highlight it, the page tries to turn, so it's impossible to highlight anything. Is there any way to temporarily lock the page on the screen to allow highlighting? If I can't get it to work, I may just need to spring for a new iPad, although I do like the android tablet, otherwise. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Ed