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SOCIAL STUDIES
The Social Studies Test consists of multiple-choice questions that measure general social studies concepts. The questions are based on short readings using a map, graph, chart, cartoon, or figure.
Summarizing the Main Idea
To summarize the main idea in social studies materials means finding the key thought.
• The main idea is stated near the beginning or end of a speech, article, or report.
• The title of an illustration may also give clues about its main idea.
• If the main idea is not stated, you must infer, or read between the lines.
Restating Information
When you restate something, you paraphrase it, or put it into your own words.
• Your words are different from the original words, but the meaning is the same.
• Information from text or illustrations can be restated.
Implications are ideas that are suggested, or implied, but not stated directly.
• When a writer implies an idea, you must infer it.
• Advertisements and commercials regularly rely on the power of implication to be persuasive.
• Line graphs are especially effective in showing trends from which to draw implications