How does an author introduce new ideas illustrate
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How does an author introduce new ideas, illustrate those ideas, and elaborate on those ideas? RI. 6. 3
Introduce, Illustrate, Elaborate • An analysis of a text is a close and detailed examination. When analyzing a text, the reader “takes it apart” and studies every detail and its relation to the text as a whole. • When authors illustrate a concept in a text (such as an individual, an event, or an idea), they explain it in order to make it clearer to the reader (just as the author of a novel would include photographs or drawings to help the reader see the story’s setting better). Often, this involves using charts, pictures, examples, or anecdotes. ◦ Anecdotes are short stories, often describing things that really happened or personal experiences of the person who is telling the story. What are other ways an author might illustrate? • When authors elaborate on a concept in a text, they add more detail to an explanation, often by using the same types of supporting materials that illustrate concepts.
What does it mean to introduce? • The method the writer uses to first suggest an idea • Usually it is at the beginning of the text or at the beginning of a paragraph • It can be through facts, descriptions, example, anecdotes (very brief stories to make a point) or quotes.
Example My grandfather was an important part of my life. Throughout my childhood he would always make time for me. For example, we would take long walks together on the farm, and we played a record number of checkers tournaments. The most important part of the time we spent together was when he would tell stories of his youth. There was always a lesson to be learned and a laugh to share along the way. These memories will forever define my grandfather’s integrity and patience in my mind.
What does it mean to illustrate? • Giving examples or evidence to support an idea • These can often be recognized by key phrases like for example. • These are used to support the key individual, key event or key idea in the text.
Example My grandfather was an important part of my life. Throughout my childhood he would always make time for me. For example, we would take long walks together on the farm, and we played a record number of checkers tournaments. The most important part of the time we spent together was when he would tell stories of his youth. There was always a lesson to be learned and a laugh to share along the way. These memories will forever define my grandfather’s integrity and patience in my mind.
What does it mean to elaborate? • To go beyond a basic explanation by expanding ideas with additional information • It is extra information. • Supporting details that help increase the readers knowledge about the key individual, event or idea. • This will not just be examples. It will be the information that helps explain the examples given.
Example My grandfather was an important part of my life. Throughout my childhood he would always make time for me. For example, we would take long walks together on the farm, and we played a record number of checkers tournaments. The most important part of the time we spent together was when he would tell stories of his youth. There was always a lesson to be learned and a laugh to share along the way. These memories will forever define my grandfather’s integrity and patience in my mind.