Book 2 Reading Unit 10

​READING UNIT 10
Purpose and Organizational Patterns

By Pusbamulya Unair

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What is the purpose of the passage?

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What is the organizational pattern of the passage?

Match

Match the following

• to describe

• to tell how

• to praise

• to explain

• to advocate

To give details

to give instruction

to admire

to clarify

to support

• To give details

• to give instruction

• to admire

• to clarify

• to support

Match

Match the following

• to discuss

• to warn

• to tell about

• to discredit

• to summarize

To talk about something

to give an alert

to narrate

to disprove

to state briefly

• To talk about something

• to give an alert

• to narrate

• to disprove

• to state briefly

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to predict

• to support, to plead in favor of

• to inform of possible trouble or problems

• to tell in advance; to foresee

• to show that something is true

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to advocate

• to support, to plead in favor of

• to inform of possible trouble or problems

• to tell in advance; to foresee

• to show that something is true

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to verify

• to support, to plead in favor of

• to inform of possible trouble or problems

• to tell in advance; to foresee

• to show that something is true

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to warn

• to support, to plead in favor of

• to inform of possible trouble or problems

• to tell in advance; to foresee

• to show that something is true

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to contrast

• to give additional evidence

• to destroy confidence in

• to show the differences

• to make clear by example

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to discredit

• to give additional evidence

• to destroy confidence in

• to show the differences

• to make clear by example

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to illustrate

• to give additional evidence

• to destroy confidence in

• to show the differences

• to make clear by example

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to support

• to give additional evidence

• to destroy confidence in

• to show the differences

• to make clear by example

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to persuade

• to express approval or admiration

• to influence or convince a person to believe in a

  certain way

• to arrange in order by class or category

• to examine by argument; to comment on

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to discuss

• to express approval or admiration

• to influence or convince a person to believe in a

  certain way

• to arrange in order by class or category

• to examine by argument; to comment on

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to classify

• to express approval or admiration

• to influence or convince a person to believe in a

  certain way

• to arrange in order by class or category

• to examine by argument; to comment on

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to praise

• to express approval or admiration

• to influence or convince a person to believe in a

  certain way

• to arrange in order by class or category

• to examine by argument; to comment on

Categorize

Options (18)

the major kinds of

fundamental characteristics

clearly distinguishable features

insignificant differences

later

subsequently

during the time

afterwards

as an adult

likewise

in the same way

correspondingly

another resemblance

on the other hand

unlike

even so

however

differ from

Organize these options into the right categories

a classification

chronological order

comparison

contrast

Categorize

Options (13)

consequently

thus

due to

owing to

it follows that

initially we will...

the next step

the projected result

a foreseeable outcome

to clarify

in other words

to restate

by...is meant

Organize these options into the right categories

cause and effect

process

further definition

Multiple Choice

The art of writing itself is a good example of what students of the past call independent invention, since systems of writing have evolved in isolation at different times in different parts of the world. For example, one system—the Chinese ideogram—can be traced to its origin in archaic signs engraved on the scapular bones of sheep or the shells of turtles in the second millennium B.C. as a means of asking questions of heaven. Roughly 1,000 years later an entirely independent system of writing arose halfway around the world in Mesoamerica. It combined a simple system of numerical notation with complex hieroglyphs and was principally used to indicate the dates of various events according to an elaborate calendrical system.

1. What is the purpose of this passage?

• (A) To show that writing is an example of independent invention

• (B) To explain the origin of writing

• (C) To describe two systems of writing

• (D) To compare writing in China to writing in Mesoamerica

Multiple Choice

The art of writing itself is a good example of what students of the past call independent invention, since systems of writing have evolved in isolation at different times in different parts of the world. For example, one system—the Chinese ideogram—can be traced to its origin in archaic signs engraved on the scapular bones of sheep or the shells of turtles in the second millennium B.C. as a means of asking questions of heaven. Roughly 1,000 years later an entirely independent system of writing arose halfway around the world in Mesoamerica. It combined a simple system of numerical notation with complex hieroglyphs and was principally used to indicate the dates of various events according to an elaborate calendrical system.

2. Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

• (A) A comparison of two competing systems.

• (B) An examination of a problem

• (C) A statement supported by examples.

• (D) A chronological development.