Writing Skills: Note Making

Note making helps draw the main

Note making helps draw the main points from a passage, especially when the information is long and difficult to remember in full.

Notes should be short

Notes should be short, should identify the main point, should be written in note form, and should use phrases rather than full sentences.

Information in notes is divided

Information in notes is divided and subdivided using figures or letters. One common pattern is 1, 2, 3 for main sections; (i), (ii), (iii) for sub-sec

Another way of organising notes

Another way of organising notes is the decimal system, such as 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, where each level shows a further subdivision of the topic.

Abbreviations and symbols are freely used

Abbreviations and symbols are freely used in notes, while articles, prepositions, and conjunctions are omitted. Points should also be written without