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| == Overview == | | == Overview == |
| == Strategies & Techniques == | | == Strategies & Techniques == |
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| === Transition words ===
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| * ignore the transition word in the passage and re-write it next to A) NO CHANGE
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| * translate the transition words into your own language
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| ** see [[Transition words translations]]
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| ** ex., "nevertheless" = "yeah, but" or "anyway"
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| * identify if any two transition words are synonymous
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| ** if both mean the same thing, they can't both be right, so eliminate
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| ** ex., "However" and "Yet" = synonymous, so eliminate
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| * identify if the transition word is generally positive or negative, i.e,
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| <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:50%">
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| {| border="1" ; align:"center"
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| |'''POSITIVE'''|||'''NEGATIVE'''
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| | expands|| contrasts
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| | explains || contradicts
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| | restates || states an opposite
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| | adds information|| offers alternative
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| |gives example|| Says "yes... but"
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| |compares||
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| | draws a conclusion from ||
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| | follows chronologically or creates a sequence ||
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| |}
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| </div>
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| * '''click EXPAND to see table'''
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| * NOW read the sentences
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| ** don't summarize, simplify (to avoid misconstruing the meanings)
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| ** ex. College Board practice test 6, Writing question 8
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| <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:50%">
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| ''"The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the
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| growth of blue-green algae. [9] <u>For example</u>, legislators in Canada passed laws banning
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| phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply"''
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| ** re-read as:
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| *** Sentence 1: "The research demonstrated correlation between phosphates and blue-green algae."
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| *** Sentence 2: "<nowiki>[____ ]</nowiki> legislators passed laws banning phosphates"
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| </div>
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| * '''click EXPAND to see transition sentences example from Test 6'''
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| * NOW assess the relationship between the two sentences WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE POSSIBLE ANSWERS
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| ** Does sentence 2 support/expand, etc. (POSITIVE) or contrast/contradict, etc. (NEGATIVE) sentence 2?
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| ** NOW anticipate the correct answer IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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| ** eliminate
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| *** Sentence 2: "<nowiki>[____ ]</nowiki> legislators passed laws banning phosphates"
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| ** does what to:
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| *** Sentence 1: "The research demonstrated correlation between phosphates and blue-green algae."
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| {| border="1" ; align:"center"
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| |POSITIVE|||NEGATIVE
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| | expands '''NO'''|| contrasts '''NO'''
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| | explains '''NO'''|| contradicts'''NO'''
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| | restates '''NO'''|| states an opposite'''NO'''
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| | adds information '''MAYBE'''|| offers alternative '''DOES NOT CONTRADICT'''
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| |gives example '''NO'''|| Says "yes... but" '''NO'''
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| |compares '''NO'''||
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| | draws a conclusion from '''NO''' ||
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| |-
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| | follows chronologically or creates a sequence '''MAYBE'''||
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| |}
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| </div>
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| * '''click on EXPAND to see the anticipation'''
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| ** NOW eliminate
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| *** A) For example, << NO bc Sentence 2 does not give an example of Sentence 1
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| *** B) Similarly, << NO bc Sentence 2 does not make a comparison to Sentence 1
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| *** C) However, << NO bc Sentence 2 does not draw an opposite
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| *** D) Subsequently, << YES bc Sentence logically follows chronologically Sentence 1
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