Logical Reasoning: Decoding Text.pdf

It is important to identify what is important and what is not important. • You will produce a concise mental summary of the stimulus and one that helps you understand exactly what was said but in simple terms. • Be able to read the stimulus and still summarize it accurately if someone took the text away from you. • Example: Sample Stimulus and a Corresponding Summarization: Editorial: The African penguin, which communicates with a loud donkey-like bray, is found only in the southern reaches of the continent and typically keeps within 20 kilometers of the coastline. The species is suffering from declining numbers severe enough to qualify it as endangered, and their numbers have been hurt by tanker oil spills in their breeding grounds, which are near commercial shipping lanes. For this reason the proposal to move those shipping lanes farther out to sea should be endorsed. Your job is to decode and summarize what you have read. • Summarize the above example: Original Sentence Summary The African penguin, which communicates with a loud donkey-like bray, is found only in the southern reaches of the continent and typically keeps within 20 kilometers of the coastline There's a penguin in Africa that lives in the south close to the coast. It's loud. The species is suffering from declining numbers severe enough to qualify it as endangered, and their numbers have been hurt by tanker oil spills in their breeding grounds, which are near commercial shipping lanes Penguin numbers are dropping and it's endangered. Oil spills in their breeding grounds are the issue. For this reason the proposal to move those shipping lanes farther out to sea should be endorsed. We should approve the proposal to move the lanes further out. The summary reduces the stimulus to its essence and makes it easier to digest. • Decoding Text

It is important to identify what is important and what is not important. • You will produce a concise mental summary of the stimulus and one that helps you understand exactly what was said but in simple terms. • Be able to read the stimulus and still summarize it accurately if someone took the text away from you. • Example: Sample Stimulus and a Corresponding Summarization: Editorial: The African penguin, which communicates with a loud donkey-like bray, is found only in the southern reaches of the continent and typically keeps within 20 kilometers of the coastline. The species is suffering from declining numbers severe enough to qualify it as endangered, and their numbers have been hurt by tanker oil spills in their breeding grounds, which are near commercial shipping lanes. For this reason the proposal to move those shipping lanes farther out to sea should be endorsed. Your job is to decode and summarize what you have read. • Summarize the above example: Original Sentence Summary The African penguin, which communicates with a loud donkey-like bray, is found only in the southern reaches of the continent and typically keeps within 20 kilometers of the coastline There's a penguin in Africa that lives in the south close to the coast. It's loud. The species is suffering from declining numbers severe enough to qualify it as endangered, and their numbers have been hurt by tanker oil spills in their breeding grounds, which are near commercial shipping lanes Penguin numbers are dropping and it's endangered. Oil spills in their breeding grounds are the issue. For this reason the proposal to move those shipping lanes farther out to sea should be endorsed. We should approve the proposal to move the lanes further out. The summary reduces the stimulus to its essence and makes it easier to digest. • Decoding Text