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Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills, 2/e

Peter Mather, Glendale Community College
Rita McCarthy, Glendale Community College

Organizing Textbook Information and Test Taking Strategies

Multiple Choice


1	What is annotating?
		A)	writing an orderly arrangement of ideas going from the general to the specific
		B)	stating the main ideas and key supporting details in your own words.
		C)	making explanatory notes
		D)	rewriting as much of the textbook information as possible


2	What is a good reason for annotating your text?
		A)	It gets you involved right away in the material you are reading.
		B)	It is useful for marking important or difficult material.
		C)	It allows you to comment on what you are reading.
		D)	All of the above.


3	What is a more formal way to organize study material, which reflects an orderly arrangement of ideas going from the general to the specific?
		A)	a narrative
		B)	a summary
		C)	an outline
		D)	brainstorming


4	Which method of organization would be best for a student with a right-brain orientation?
		A)	time line
		B)	mapping
		C)	descriptive outline
		D)	topical outline


5	Which method of organization would be best for information that needs to be organized chronologically by date?
		A)	time line
		B)	mapping
		C)	descriptive outline
		D)	topical outline


6	Which method of organization would be best for showing what topics are covered, the relationships between the topics, and the importance of the ideas in the order they were covered in the original material?
		A)	time line
		B)	mapping
		C)	descriptive outline
		D)	topical outline


7	Which method of organization would be best for exam preparation?
		A)	time line
		B)	mapping
		C)	descriptive outline
		D)	topical outline


8	Which method of organization would be best for describing similarities and differences in your information?
		A)	Venn Diagram
		B)	compare-and-contrast chart
		C)	annotating
		D)	topical outline


9	Which method of organization would be best to show similarities and differences between topics, especially for a right-brain oriented person?
		A)	Venn Diagram
		B)	compare-and-contrast chart
		C)	annotating
		D)	topical outline

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