Reading & writing · Grades 4–8
Text structure and main ideas · revision card
Writers may organize by sequence, comparison, cause and effect, or problem and solution.
Keep these ideas clear
Choose the organizing pattern
Writers may organize by sequence, comparison, cause and effect, or problem and solution.
Main idea versus detail
The main idea covers the central point; details explain or support it.
Two useful examples
First, next and finally most strongly signal
sequence
sequence
Both, unlike and similarly often signal
comparison
comparison
Explain it without looking
- Why can two reasonable summaries use different wording?
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