EAPP Lesson 2.pptx.pdf

Locating Main Ideas LESSON 2 One effective way of increasing your speed in reading is by finding the main idea or thesis statement of the text and the topic sentence of the paragraphs.  presents or describes the point of an essay usually presented in the ab...

Locating Main Ideas LESSON 2 One effective way of increasing your speed in reading is by finding the main idea or thesis statement of the text and the topic sentence of the paragraphs.  presents or describes the point of an essay usually presented in the abstract or executive Thesis Statement summary or found at the last part of the introduction in Academic texts written in declarative sentence  presents or describes the point of an essay usually presented in the abstract or executive Thesis Statement summary or found at the last part of the introduction in Academic texts written in declarative sentence  found in an introduction or rationale’s end part introduced by signal phrases that announce the purpose, scope, or Purpose direction of the text as well as its focus Signal phrases – “This study examined…”, “This paper examines…”, Statement “The aim of this essay is to…”, “This paper begins with”, “In this paper, I hope to…”, “The primary objective of this paper is to…”, and “The purpose of this essay is to…” Strategies in Locating the Thesis Statement ► Read the title of the text and make inferences on its purpose. ► If the text has no abstract or executive summary, read the first few paragraphs as the thesis statement is usually located there. ► In other cases, you may also check the conclusion where authors sum up and review their main points.  presents or describes the point of the paragraphs Topic Sentence main idea of the paragraph can be located in the beginning, middle, or last part of a paragraph Strategies in Locating the Topic Sentence ► Read the first sentence of the paragraph very carefully because most authors state their topic sentence in the beginning of the paragraph. ► Browse the sentences in the paragraph to identify what they describe. The sentence that best describes the topic of the paragraph is the topic sentence. ► Find the concept or idea being tackled, which in colloquial term is the “big word” in the paragraph. The sentence that defines the big word is usually the topic sentence. ► Identify the purpose of the paragraph. The sentence that presents or describes the purpose is the topic sentence. ► Observe the writing style of the author. Focus specifically on where he/she usually places his/her topic sentence.