Paraphrasing
This technique involves using different words with the same meaning in your paraphrase.
What is using synonyms?
This note-taking method involves dividing your page into three sections: notes, cues, and summary.
What is the Cornell Method?
This is typically placed at the center of a mind map.
What is the main topic or central idea?
This is often where you can find the main idea of a paragraph.
What is the first sentence/paragraph or topic sentence?
A good summary should capture this without including minor details.
What is the main idea or key points?
When paraphrasing, you should aim to do this to the original sentence structure.
What is change or alter it?
Using different colors in your notes helps with this aspect of learning.
What is visual organization or memory retention?
In a mind map, these extend from the central idea and represent main subtopics.
What are branches or main branches?
These words often signal important information in a text or lecture.
What are transition words or signal phrases?
When summarizing, you should write in this style instead of copying the original text word-for-word.
What is your own words?
This is a common mistake in paraphrasing where the meaning of the original text is altered.
What is misinterpretation?
This strategy involves creating your own shorthand symbols for common words or phrases.
What is developing personal abbreviations?
Using these in a mind map can help make it more memorable and engaging.
What are colors, images, or symbols?
This reading strategy involves quickly scanning a text to get an overview before reading in detail.
What is skimming?
A summary should be this size compared to the original text.
What is shorter or more brief?
In paraphrasing, you should avoid doing this with specialized or technical terms.
What is changing them?
This active learning strategy involves reviewing and adding to your notes shortly after class.
What is revising or elaborating?
This term describes the lines that connect different ideas or concepts in a mind map.
What are connections or links?
This question can help you identify the main idea of a passage
What is "What is this passage mostly about?"
This is an important step to do before starting to write your summary.
What is reading the entire text or identifying main ideas?
This type of paraphrasing involves condensing the main ideas of a longer passage into a shorter form.
What is summarizing?
This note-taking approach focuses on capturing relationships between ideas using lines and shapes.
What is mind mapping or concept mapping?
This type of thinking is enhanced by creating mind maps, as it helps visualize relationships between ideas.
What is non-linear or creative thinking?
In a well-structured essay, this element should express the main idea of the entire piece.
What is the thesis statement?
When summarizing, you should focus on the most important information and leave out these.
What are unnecessary details?