These words represent the main ideas presented in the chapter. They become cues for you when you study by reciting. You can do this by covering up the page of the text. Using key words you have put in your margin notes, as cues, recite to yourself the ideas and facts in the chapter as fully as you can in your own words. If you can't remember a particular point, look back at your underlining, then cover the text and recite the ideas to yourself.
Recitation is the most important step in transferring material from short term to long term memory.
If you can recite the main points of the chapter to yourself, you know whether you understand the material, and you increase your ability to remember it. Recite form all of your margin notes, just as you did the day you read each chapter, by covering the page and recalling the information using the margin notes as cues. Frequent recitation over a period of time is much more effective than one long review just before an exam. The same procedure described above. Think about what you have learned.