Mapping Strategies: An Overview

Mapping strategies, like clustering, listing, and outlining, involve making a visual record of invention and inquiry. In making maps, writers usually use key words and phrases to record material they want to remember, questions they need to answer, and new sources of information they want to check. The maps show the ideas, details, and facts as well as possible ways to connect and focus them. Mapping can be especially useful for working collaboratively, preparing presentations, and creating multimedia illustrations for written texts you will submit either on paper or electronically.