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  2. Compare and Contrast Inductive and Deductive Research ...

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    asks broad, general questions, collects data consisting largely of words (or texts) from participants, describes and analyzes these words for themes, and conducts the inquiry in a subjective, biased manner (p. 39). Qualitative research is a rigorous approach to finding the answers to questions. It involves

  3. Helping Students Focus on Text Structure

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    Examples of informational text structures include compare and contrast, description, sequence, problem . and solution, and cause and effect. • A compare-and-contrast text might present types of animals or modes of transportation. Students . can work together to create a table or Venn diagram of the similarities and differences between the

  4. Text Structure: Cause and Effect - ed

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    Mrs. Kealoha makes an anchor chart. Three Strategies to Teach Cause and Effect Strategy #1: Asking Questions Mrs. Kealoha continues, One strategy you can use to figure out the text pattern is by ask-ing questions. Let me show you an example. She writes the following sentence on the board. The strong winds caused the roof to fly off of the house.

  5. Comparative linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Comparative linguistics is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages to establish their historical relatedness.. Genetic relatedness implies a common origin or proto-language and comparative linguistics aims to construct language families, to reconstruct proto-languages and specify the changes that have resulted in the documented languages.

  6. Essay - Wikipedia

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    The comparison highlights the similarities between two or more similar objects while contrasting highlights the differences between two or more objects. When writing a compare/contrast essay, writers need to determine their purpose, consider their audience, consider the basis and points of comparison, consider their thesis statement, arrange ...

  7. Comparing and Contrasting First and Second Language ... - ed

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    The language ego tries to protect the ego of the young adult by clinging to the security of the native language. Acquiring a second language means also acquiring a new language ego which can be very difficult for adults who have built up inhibitions to protect their ego. Mistakes can be seen as threats to one's ego.

  8. Contrast (literary) - Wikipedia

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    Contrast is the antonym of simile. In poetic compositions, it is common for poets to set out an elaborate contrast or elaborate simile as the argument. For example, John Donne and the metaphysical poets developed the conceit as a literary device, where an elaborate, implausible, and surprising analogy was demonstrated.

  9. How Do I Choose Which Type of Graph to Use?-NCES Kids' Zone

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    Line graphs are used to track changes over short and long periods of time. When smaller changes exist, line graphs are better to use than bar graphs. Line graphs can also be used to compare changes over the same period of time for more than one group. . . . a Pie Chart. Pie charts are best to use when you are trying to compare parts of a whole.