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

Modes of Organization

Multiple Choice


1	You _______________ a reading selection by stating the main ideas and key supporting details in your own words.
		A)	summarize
		B)	analyze
		C)	organize
		D)	transition


2	Authors often organize information into ____________, define _____________, and use ___________ to analyze and draw conclusions.
		A)	summaries
		B)	categories
		C)	transitions
		D)	questions


3	Your ability to summarize will help you in college and beyond because
		A)	summarizing information is a good way to learn it.
		B)	summarizing may also help you at work.
		C)	if a summary is written well, you do not have to go back and read the selection again.
		D)	All of the above.


4	What is the easiest way to remember what to include in a summary?
		A)	Remember to include everything you read.
		B)	Remember to include the first and last sentence of each paragraph.
		C)	Remember to include all of the footnotes.
		D)	Remember to ask: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?

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