For fiction and poetry, language rather than the message is the salient feature. Hence, one may want to read more slowly to savor prosodic and lyrical features of the proses. The power of a mind-map is that on one sheet of paper, the student can see at a glance the interconnections of the entire lecture or a chapter in a technical book. Seeing the interconnections plays to the pattern-seeking right brain which can understand in one exposure and retain the information forever. How to ace any school exam I saved the big secret until the end.
Nobody tells students.
It is the best kept secret in education from first grade through the university. School exams are not designed to test competency. That, of course, is the intention of the instructor and that is what educators imagine they are doing. School exams are a game of small details. Once one realizes this fact, the rest is easy.