Summarization
Directions: The paragraph is followed by an incomplete phrase or sentence which summarizes the main idea of the paragraph. Spell out the missing letters of the word.
​Take multimedia. The idea of multimedia is to combine text, sound andpictures in a single package that you browse on screen.You don't just read Shakespeare; you watch actors performing, listen to songs, view Elizabethan buildings. What's wrong with that? By offering children candy-coated books, multimedia is guaranteed to sour them on unsweetened reading. It makes the printed page look even more boring than it used to look. Sure, books will be available in the classroom, too - but they'll have all the appeal of a dusty piano to a teen who has a Walkman handy.

Multimedia's a for children.