Study guide: Read Headings, Maps and Organized Information
Apply use a feature efficiently, recognize organization signals, connect a caption to a visual, separate fact from a recommendation using supplied texts and original responses.
Ideas to explain in your own words
- Contents lists sections in book order, an index lists topics alphabetically with locations, a glossary defines terms, and a key explains symbols in a diagram.
- Chronological writing follows events through time. Problem-and-solution writing pairs a difficulty with a response. Description lists attributes; comparison relates similarities or differences.
- Captions can add information not obvious in a drawing, such as a part’s name, an event’s time, a motion or a measurement. Read the words with the graphic.
- A factual sentence states something that can be checked. A recommendation says what someone should do; a definition explains a term and a question requests information.
Useful vocabulary
- Use a feature efficiently
- Contents lists sections in book order, an index lists topics alphabetically with locations, a glossary defines terms, and a key explains symbols in a diagram.
- Recognize organization signals
- Chronological writing follows events through time. Problem-and-solution writing pairs a difficulty with a response. Description lists attributes; comparison relates similarities or differences.
- Connect a caption to a visual
- Captions can add information not obvious in a drawing, such as a part’s name, an event’s time, a motion or a measurement. Read the words with the graphic.
- Separate fact from a recommendation
- A factual sentence states something that can be checked. A recommendation says what someone should do; a definition explains a term and a question requests information.
Watch your reasoning
- A glossary is not a map of chapter pages.
- One because does not make every text chronological.
- A drawing without a scale is not a measurement.
- A statement of what is should not be changed into what should be.
A worked review example
Need: chapter starting pages. Relation: in 2020, then in 2021. Caption: This is the axle. Final: The model has two wheels. Use a feature efficiently: The relevant input states: Need: chapter starting pages. This fits table of contents. Contents lists sections in book order, an index lists topics alphabetically with locations, a glossary defines terms, and a key explains symbols in a diagram. A glossary is not a map of chapter pages. Recognize organization signals: The relevant input states: Relation: in 2020, then in 2021. This fits chronological order. Chronological writing follows events through time. Problem-and-solution writing pairs a difficulty with a response. Description lists attributes; comparison relates similarities or differences. One because does not make every text chronological. Connect a caption to a visual: The relevant input states: Caption: This is the axle. This fits identifies a part. Captions can add information not obvious in a drawing, such as a part’s name, an event’s time, a motion or a measurement. Read the words with the graphic. A drawing without a scale is not a measurement. Separate fact from a recommendation: The relevant input states: Final: The model has two wheels. This fits observable fact. A factual sentence states something that can be checked. A recommendation says what someone should do; a definition explains a term and a question requests information. A statement of what is should not be changed into what should be.
Make a practice plan
- Practice use a feature efficiently: Match the reader’s stated need to the feature’s job and say what information the feature would supply.
- Practice recognize organization signals: Identify the actual relationship among statements, then use the signal words as confirmation.
- Practice connect a caption to a visual: Read the caption and identify the particular information it contributes. Do not assume a drawn size is a measured size.
- Practice separate fact from a recommendation: Read the sentence’s purpose and wording. Should often signals advice, but verify that the sentence proposes an action.
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