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Chapter 6
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- 2. Review What are tworelationships you’ve learned so far? Relationships that involve time Relationships that involve addition
- 3. Review Which twoways do authors show relationships to make their ideas clear? (hint: between what and what?) Transitions between sentences Ex: The dog is happy. Additionally, I am happy. Patterns of organization for supporting details There are many ways to save money. First, you can open a savings account, and add a small amount of money to it each month.
- 4. Three more relationships! Along with time and addition, there are three more types of relationships to be aware of: Illustration Comparison and contrast Cause and effect
- 5. Illustration: not adrawing! Illustration is NOT the kind you do in art class. Not this kind, anyway. Illustration, or “to illustrate,” means to give an example. Let me illustrate… All of a sudden, I am always hungry. For instance, this morning, I ate two breakfasts instead of one. Another example: I had a huge lunch and still was not satisfied!
- 6. Illustration What transitionword suggests an “illustration” or “example”? All of a sudden, I am always hungry. For instance, this morning, I ate two breakfasts instead of one. Another example: I had a huge lunch and still was not satisfied! If you said “for instance “ and “another example,” then you are correct!
- 7. Illustration Words (pg228) For example For instance Such as Including Specifically To illustrate… To be specific… Using these words, try your luck by completing Practice 1 on page 229 in your textbook
- 8. Definition with ExamplesPattern Let’s think about relationships in supporting details rather than between sentences. Sometimes, writers will use examples to help you better understand a definition of a word. Say I were writing an essay on the word ‘democracy.’ I could provide my readers with several examples of democracy, and they could get a better sense of the definition.
- 9. Try It Ifyou wanted to help someone understand the definition of the word “addiction,” what are two examples you could you use from “Soft Addictions” in Chapter 5? What are two examples of addiction that you could use from real life?
- 10. Comparison and Contrast What is the difference between these two words? What does each one mean? To compare means to look at the… …similarities. The contrast means to look at the… …differences.
- 11. Examples of Comparison At home, I like to get all of my tasks done before I go out for fun, just as I like to get all of my homework completed before I watch a movie. Just like a bad dream, the test got worse and worse and more difficult to escape! My brother really likes ice cream. Similarly, my sister does too.
- 12. Comparison words (pg234) Just as Just like Alike same Both Equally Similarly In a similar fashion Using these words, try your luck by completing Practice 3 on page 234 in your textbook
- 13. Examples of Contrast Many ECC students enroll in the fall; however, about a quarter less of them enroll in the spring. Even though people say they need to exercise, most of them don’t do it. My dog prefers to sleep instead of eat.
- 14. Contrast words (pg235) But Yet However Although Even though Instead of despite Using these words, try your luck by completing Practice 4 on page 236 in your textbook
- 15. Compare and/or ContrastPattern Let’s think about relationships in supporting details rather than between sentences. In a paragraph, an author might want to organize the information based on comparison or contrast. The comparison-contrast pattern will show how two items are alike, different, or both.
- 16. Try it Takea look at “Check Your Understanding” on page 238 for an example of a compare/contrast paragraph.
- 17. Cause and Effect What is the difference between these two words? What does each one mean? Cause shows or explains… …the reason why something happened, is happening, etc Effect shows or explains…. …the result of what happened, what is happened.
- 18. Examples of Causeand Effect I became a vegetarian because I adopted four chickens. I adopted four chickens, so I became a vegetarian. If there is bad weather tomorrow, then we can’t have our picnic. The students didn’t read the last chapter of their book. Therefore, they did poorly on the quiz.
- 19. Cause and EffectWords(pg 241) Therefore Thus As a result If…then Because The reason So since Using these words, try your luck by completing Practice 6 on page 241 in your textbook
- 20. Cause and EffectPattern Let’s think about relationships in supporting details rather than between sentences. Writers will often organize a paragraph using a cause and effect pattern. They might state a cause and provide several effects, or they might give several causes and one effect.
- 21. Try it Takea look at “Check Your Understanding” on page 243 for an example of a cause/effect paragraph.
- 22. TESTYOURSELF 1. What arethe three new types of relationships that writers use as transitions and patterns of organization? 2. What does a writer want to show when illustrating? 3. What does a writer want to show when comparing or contrasting? 4. What does a writer want to show with cause and effect?