Pointers in

Reading and
Writing
I. Paragraph Development
• Definition
• Exemplification
• Comparison and Contrast
• Cause and Effect
• Problem-Solution
• Persuasion
II. Paragraph Writing
• Unity
• Coherence
• Organization
• Topic Sentence
III. Pre-reading strategie
• Previewing
s
• Skimming
• Scanning
• Context Clues
• Denotation
• Connotation
III. reading strategies
• Keeping a Journal
• Annotating the Text
• Outlining
• Summarizing
• Questioning the Text
IV. Types of claims
• Fact
• Value
• Policy
 Pointers
in
Literature
i. Writing in the regions
• Essay
• Home of the Ashfall
• Pinatubo
iI. World literature
 iII. The gods we wors
hip live next door
• Vocabulary Words
iV. Literary approache
s