The primary purpose of paraphrasing is to

The primary purpose of paraphrasing is to
 
  a. restate the author's meaning in your own words.
  b. express your opinion of the author's ideas.
  c. choose one or two of the author's statements as summaries.
  d. quote the author's main points.

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Ques. 2

Paraphrasing is appropriate when
 
  a. you want to be sure you understand difficult or complicated material.
  b. the text requires exact, detailed comprehension.
   c. the material is complex or uses unfamiliar language.
   d. all of the above.

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Ques. 3

When you are highlighting a textbook, it is important to
 
  a. highlight supporting facts as well as main ideas.
  b. skip over boldfaced headings.
  c. highlight complete sentences.
  d. highlight as quickly as you can.

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Ques. 4

As a general rule, you should highlight
 
  a. most of the sentences on a page.
  b. no more than one-third of each page.
  c. one key word from each sentence on a page.
  d. only the headings on a page.

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Ques. 5

Outlining requires you to do all of the following except
 
  a. think about the material as you are outlining.
  b. sort out important ideas from those that are less important.
  c. express ideas in your own words.
  d. create your own examples to support the material.

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Ques. 6

Of the following topics in a political science course, a time line would be most
  effective for showing the
 
  a. process by which a bill becomes a law.
  b. chain of command in government, from the president on down.
  c. sequence of events leading up to the impeachment of President Clinton.
  d. differences between the Democratic and Republican parties.