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• a visual representation of knowledge that structures information by arranging important aspects of a concept or topic into a pattern using labels.

  Graphic Organizer
• main function of graphic organizer is to help present information in concise ways that highlight the organization and relationship of concepts.
• shows the hierarchical relationship between major concepts and their subordinate elements.

  main idea and details chart
• is a general organizer that shows a central idea with its corresponding characteristics.


  Concept Map
• Maps are excellent for brainstorming, activating prior knowledge,or generating synonyms. Is also used to show hierarchical relationships with most important concept place within at the top
• shows a series of step or eventss in the order in which they take place


  flow diagram or sequence chart
• used to identify the similarities and differences between two or more concepts;most commonly used organizer.


  Compare/Contrast or Venn diagram
• highlights the irect relationship between different events or concepts.

  Cause-And-Effect Diagram
• The two main types of outlines are the topic outline and the sentence outline
• Topic outline:

  • Arranges ideas hierarchically, showing main and sub-points
  • Identifies all mini topics in the paper and shows how they relate
• Sentence outline:

  • Similar to topic outline but uses complete sentences instead of words/phrases
• Narration is used to tell a story or relate an event, often in chronological order
• Description is used to visually present a person, place, event, or action with sensory details
• Definition explains a concept, term, or subject by defining the term, its class, and characteristics that differentiate it
• Commonly used in sciences, humanities, and business
• Exemplification is used to show or explain an idea by giving extended examples or detailed series of examples
• Many writing assignments in various disciplines require the use of exemplification
• sensory details of description:

  sight, sound, smell, feel and taste.
• Persuasion paragraph intends to convince readers to do or believe in something
• Root words provide the basic structure and meaning to words
• English root words and their meanings are commonly derived from Greek and Latin roots
• Many English words are formed by adding prefixes and suffixes to root words
• A basic word to which affixes (prefixes and suffixes) are added is called a root word
• Root word forms the basis of a new word and is a word in its own right, e.g., "lovely" from "love" + suffix "-ly"
• A root is the basis of a new word but does not typically form a stand-alone word
• Analyzing different parts of a word helps understand the meanings of new words
• New words are formed by adding an affix to the beginning or end of a Latin or Greek root or root word
• When affixes are added to the beginning, they are prefixes, e.g., "un-" means not or opposite of, like "unhappy"
• When affixes are added to the end, they are suffixes, e.g., "-s" and "-es" mean more than one or plural, like adding "-es" to "wish"
• paragraph is a series of sentences that are organized, coherent,

  and are all related to a single topic

  .
• Physical Format is an aspect of the organization that is immediately apparent to

  the reader.
• Signal words are textual cues that readers can use to follow a text.
• They can “signal” the transition from one point to another, the

  ordering of events and concepts, or the writer’s chosen text type
• structure provides the framework upon which the text is

  organized.
• Beginning: introduction, thesis statement hook.


  structure consists of the following:
• when affixes are added to the beginning of a root word,its called prefixes
• when affixes are added in the end of the root word,its called suffixes