Outlines and Concept Maps

______  shows the relationships among the main idea, major supporting details, and minor supporting details.

• outline
• concept map

What are the types of outlines?

• formal
• informal
• formal and informal

______ are used to indicate main ideas, capital letters to indicate major details, and Arabic numbers to indicate minor details.  

• alphabets
• numbers
• dashes
• Roman numerals

______ is a diagram that shows the flow of ideas from the main idea to the supporting details.

• concept map
• outline

An effective reader may show the relationships among the main idea and major and minor details by ______.

• annotating the text
• circling signal words
• writing a summary
• creating an outline

All of the following statements about outlines are true EXCEPT:

• Outlines never vary in form and always use   Roman numerals and capital letters.
• An outline shows how ideas move from general     to specific.
• An outline helps the reader see how ideas   relate to one another.
• Creating an outline is an excellent study   technique.

Enclosing details in boxes or circles and drawing arrows to show the flow of ideas is called _______.

• creating an informal outline
• creating a formal outline
• creating a concept map
• drawing a time line

Concept maps can best be described as _______.

• lists that show the relationship between   general and specific ideas
• lines that show the timing of events
• diagrams that show relationships through the   use of circles or boxes
• pictures that symbolize ideas

An outline that uses Roman numerals and capital letters is probably a(n) _______.

• diagram
• formal outline
• informal outline
• chart

Informal outlines are different from formal outlines in that formal outlines _______.

• are precisely constructed and labeled
• include lines and boxes
• may vary in format from one person to the
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• contain a complete listing of the minor details