UNIT 2: IDENTIFY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

UNIT 2: IDENTIFY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

    Key words help you identify the important information in a textbook or a lecture. Certain keywords appear more often in a reading passage or a lecture with a particular purpose.

    The key words below are listed under the purpose for which they are frequently used. These keywords are
not 100 percent accurate, but they do give you a starting point. Key words are especially important in lectures since the sentences that the professor uses in speech are not edited like the sentences in textbooks, and are, therefore, more difficult to follow.

Definitionis known as is called is refers to means	Description and exampleconsists of adjective for example for instance namely specifically that is
Classificationkinds of types of classes of groups of parts of properties of characteristics of varieties of	Sequence - Chronology or Processfirst, second, third next, last, then finally before after at the same time meanwhile now as soon as later subsequently eventually
Comparison and contrastlike similar to differ from compared with in comparison similarly in the same way in contrast whereas although but conversely in spite of even though however instead on the contrary on the other hand despite	Cause and effectas a consequence as a result thus therefore because because of for this reason consequently since so

   Try to identify the key words in the sentences. Underline them. Then decide in which kind of reading passage they might be
found. The first one is completed to give you an example.

    e.g. Mesopotamia refers to the land between two rivers. 
            refers to - Definition

1. There are two types of mixtures - heterogeneous and homogeneous.

2. As e result, the litmus paper turns blue when the solution is a base.

3. In contrast, a counterculture exhibits behaviour that is contrary to the dominant culture.

4. The first stage of sleep produces alpha waves.

5. The main properties of soil include colour, texture, and structure.