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There are many memory strategies that can be effective in improving your recall of text. However, recent research shows that it is ... to think that you can improve your remembering by applying any of these strategies to any text. Different ... are effective with different types of text.
One basic classification of text structure would ... between narrative text and expository text. We are all ... with narrative text \(story\-telling\), and are skilled in using this type of structure. Perhaps for this reason, narrative text tends to be much easier for us to understand and remember. Most study texts, however, are ... texts.
Unfortunately, many students \(perhaps most\) tend to be blind to the more subtle distinctions between different types of expository structure, and tend to ... all expository text as a list of facts. Building an effective mental model of the text \(and thus improving your understanding and recall\) is easier, however, if you understand the type of structure you're dealing with, and what strategy is best suited to deal with it.