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Cause & Effect
DEFINITION: noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others. The cause makes the effect happen. The effect is the result of the cause. HOW TO: An example of cause and effect is wind blowing apples out of a tree. Cause = The wind blowing Effect = The apples falling out of the tree Everyday Use: A cause and effect analysis is an attempt to understand why things happen as they do. Whether students recognize cause-and-effect relationships or not, they are affected by them every day. Students experience them in their own lives, see them occur in the lives of others, read about them in both narrative and expository texts, and are asked to write about them.
Compare And Contrast
COMPARE AND CONTRAST Definition To compare two or more things is to find out what those things have in common; similarities. To contrast two or more things is just the opposite, it is to find out how those things are different. For example, cookies and apples are both delicious snacks, that is where they are similar. On the contrary, cookies are junk food while an apple is a fruit.
Key Details
DEFINITION: Key Details are the important statements in a passage that support the main idea HOW TO: Example: “Jack loved the Summer season. He loved the warm air. He loved the playing in the pool with his friends. He loved the family vacations his family would go on during this part of the year. His birthday was also in july” The main idea = “Jack loved the Summer season.” The other sentences are the Key details that support this main idea. Everyday Use: Key details are used every day in reading and writing
Main Idea
Definition: A main idea is important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text. Everyday Use: If your doing anything that involves finding information that tells about an overall idea, then you are using main idea. For example, when you are trying to give a book, song or poem a title you are looking for information that perfectly describes the overall theme. This is called using Main Idea.