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What are supporting details?
What are supporting details?
- Statistics only
- Personal opinions
- Reasons and examples (correct)
- Conclusions
What do major details do?
What do major details do?
Explain and develop the main idea.
What do minor details do?
What do minor details do?
Help fill out and make clear the major details.
What is outlining?
What is outlining?
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What is mapping?
What is mapping?
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What is summarizing?
What is summarizing?
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What do major and minor details provide?
What do major and minor details provide?
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What words can be used to find major and minor supporting details?
What words can be used to find major and minor supporting details?
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Outlining, mapping, and summarizing are useful note-taking strategies.
Outlining, mapping, and summarizing are useful note-taking strategies.
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What do outlines show?
What do outlines show?
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What is a map?
What is a map?
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What is a good way to take notes on a new term?
What is a good way to take notes on a new term?
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Study Notes
Supporting Details Overview
- Supporting details encompass reasons, examples, facts, or evidence that clarify a main idea.
- Major details serve to explain and develop the main idea thoroughly.
- Minor details provide additional support, making the major details clearer and more comprehensive.
Note-Taking Strategies
- Outlining provides a clear structure of the relationship between the main idea and its supporting details.
- Mapping utilizes diagrams to visually represent how main ideas connect with supporting details, using shapes like circles and boxes.
Summarization Techniques
- Summarizing condenses extensive information into essential points, highlighting the core concepts.
- Major and minor details together enrich understanding, supplying necessary information to comprehend the main idea.
Identifying Supporting Details
- Specific words signal major and minor supporting details, including: "first," "next," "in addition," and "last."
- Effective note-taking strategies, such as outlining, mapping, and summarizing, enhance comprehension and retention.
Purpose of Outlines and Maps
- Outlines illustrate the relationships among main ideas, major details, and minor details in a structured format.
- Maps are visual tools that help convey the same relationships, making complex information more digestible.
Practical Note-Taking
- A practical approach to note new terms is to write a definition and summarize an example for clarity.
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