Recognize Key Thoughts

Key sentences
How does this sentence connect with the other sentences in the text?
How does this sentence relate to the organizing idea of this text as a whole?
 
Key paragraphs
How do the ideas in this paragraph relate to the ideas in previous paragraphs?
How are the ideas in the text connected?

Slide 2

You have been given a list of connectors that you have to learn.
To mention a few: 

Contrast

In spite of / Although / However / Nevertheless / Still / Yet / Even so / On the contrary /
On the one hand ... On the other hand / In contrast to / Contrary to..  / Whereas

Consequence

Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / Therefore / As a consequence of / As a result

Expressing Facts

Actually / As a matter of fact / In fact / Really

Expressing a personal opinion

As far as I am concerned / from my point of view / I agree / I disagree / in my opinion /in my view / I think that / it is true that / personally / to be honest / to tell the truth

Explanation

That is (to say) / in other words / in short /above all /all in all /at least / basically /especially / essentially / in general / in particular / more or less / on the whole / to a certain extent

Exemplifying

and so on / for example / for instance / such

Summarizing

all in all / in brief / in conclusion / in short / on the whole / to sum up

Sequential

after that / all of a sudden / Finally / First of all / in the end / in the meantime / meanwhile /

next / suddenly / then / while


 



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