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