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Developed by English Works! from materials from the Gallaudet
University English Department
Mapping is a process of reorganizing and rearranging (moving) the
most important ideas and information from your reading or textbook
and converting it into a diagram with your own words to help you
understand and remember what you read.
Because mapping makes it easier to organize and remember what you
have read, mapping is a useful studying technique. Moreover, mapping
can help you organize your own writing when used as a
pre-writing technique.
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How do
you select the type of map to be used? |
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Use
Charts or Matrixes to compare and contrast
qualities, examples, descriptions, and facts.
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Use
Stars or Spiders to show themes, examples,
descriptions, and definitions.
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Use
Trees or Hierarchies to show categories,
classifications, analysis, structures, descriptions, and
examples.
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Use
Chains to show processes, sequences, causes and
effects, chronological order, and steps.
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Use
Flowcharts/Venn Diagrams to show
relationships between diagrams, points of overlap, and
points of distinction.
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Use
Sketches to show physical structures, visual images,
concrete objects, spatial relationships, and
descriptions of places.
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