ELC501

What are directly tied to major details?

• Main Idea

• Minion supporting details

• Minor supporting details

• Major supporting details

What would be a supporting detail for this main idea: Dogs are very helpful.

• Some dogs assist blind people when walking.

• Many dogs have thick fur that keep them warm.

• Some dogs should be tried to a leash.

• My pet dog loves to go swimming.

I'll start by telling you what transition words are. _____, I'll tell you why you should always use them.

• To sum up

• Since

• In the beginning

• After that

In a viral Youtube video from October 2011, a one-year-old girl sweeps her fingers across an iPad's touchscreen, shuffling groups of icons. In the following scenes she appears to pinch, swipe and prod the pages of paper magazines as though they too were screens.

• Example

• Research Findings

• Observation

• Definition

Based on a detailed 2005 survey of 113 people in northern California, Ziming Liu of San Jose State University concluded that people reading on screens tend to take a lot of shortcuts.

• Example

• Expert Opinion

• Research Findings

• Recommendation

Deductive reasoning is a method of logical thinking that involves using both observation and experience to reach a conclusion.

• False

• True

• I'm not sure

• Really?

I start with theory

• Inductive

• Deductive

All cats have a keen sense of smell. Fluffy is a cat, so Fluffy has a keen sense of smell. What kind of example is this?

• Deductive

• Inductive

Every time you eat peanuts, you start to cough. You are allergic to peanuts.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Jennifer always leaves for school at 7:00 a.m. Jennifer is always on time. Jennifer assumes, then, that if she leaves at 7:00 a.m. for school today, she will be on time.

• Deductive

• Inductive