Slides: Recognize Key Thoughts
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