Unit contents 1 What is connection between ideas

Unit contents 1. What is connection between ideas? 2. How are ideas connected? 3. Why should we understand the connection between ideas?

Definition • Connection between ideas in a text refers to the way that sentences or clauses are linked and tied together to make a central idea. • Linguistic markers: transition, conjunctives • Semantic clues: pronouns, synonyms, repetition of words

Different kinds of connection between ideas Type of Connection Addition Cause and effect Comparison Contrast Definition The ideas are equally important; one is added to another for further reasoning or explanation One idea describes effects its effects or consequences andother the other discusses the reasons or causes the discuss the reasons or causes The ideas are compared based on their similarities One idea differs from another

Different kinds of connection between ideas Type of Connection Clarification Addition Example Cause and effect Summary Comparison Sequence Contrast Definition One ideas idea isare explained defined by another. The equally or important; one is added to another for further reasoning or explanation One idea describes serves as an example or illustrationand of effects or consequences another. the other discuss the reasons or causes One ideas idea are summarizes concludes the The comparedor based on their previous ideas similarities The ideas followfrom a time or space sequence to One idea differs another form a larger picture.

Example Can you tell how the sentences A-E are connected? • A Librarians • • see three clear benefits to going digital. B First, it helps them preserve rare and fragile objects without denying access to those who wish to study them. C The British Library, for example, holds the only medieval manuscript of Beowulf in London. Only qualified scholars were allowed to see it until Kevin S. Kiernan of the University of Kentucky scanned the ancient manuscript with three different light sources and put the images up on the Internet for anyone to peruse. DA second benefit is convenience. … E The third advantage of electronic copies is that they occupy millimeters of space on a magnetic disk rather than metres on a shelf. …