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CHAPTER 1
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• Near the beginning or end of a speech, article, or report
• In the title of an illustration
• Inferred by the reader
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To summarizesummarize social studies information means to find its main main ideaidea, or key thought.
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• Giving driving directions to someone based on a map
• Taking the numbers on a chart and describing their meaning in words
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To restate something means to paraphraseparaphrase it. Some examples include:
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• Advertisements and commercials use implications to persuade.
• Line graphs effectively show trends from which to draw implications.
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ImplicationsImplications are ideas that are suggested, or implied, but not stated directly.
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THE ENDTHE ENDPractice the skills you learned in this chapter by taking the Chapter Review QuizChapter Review Quiz or the GED GED Practice QuizPractice Quiz.