Writing- Relevance and Purpose

Question 1

What are some examples of questions that would ask about relevence

Answer 1

Which choice provides the most relevant detail?
Should the writer delete the underlined sentence?
Should the writer add the following sentence?
Should the writer add this information here?

Question 2

How do you determine if a choice is relevant?

Answer 2

First determine if you should keep it or not. Evaluate the key words in the sentence in question. If those keywords aren’t referred to in some way in the previous sentence or the following sentence, chances are that it’s irrelevant.

Question 3

What is purpose?

Answer 3

Determining why it is irrelevant or relevant.

Question 4

What are some typical examples for adding/not deleting something?

Answer 4

It provides specific examples, it defines a term that is important, it provides an important detail, it helps explain why, it elaborates on, it establishes the relationship between, it provides a logical intro, it introduces a new idea that will be important, it acknowledges an important counter-argument

Question 5

What are some typical examples for deleting/not adding something?

Answer 5

It blurs the main focus with a loosely related detail, it introduces a new idea that goes unexplained, it supplies irrelevant information, it provides irrelevant background information, it interrupts the paragraph’s description of…, It interrupts in general, it doesn’t support the main argument, it repeats information, it would be better placed elsewhere, it contradicts

Question 6

What are the common categories purpose will fall into

Answer 6

1. Explanation of certain term or phenomenon
2. Further description
3. Introduction of a topic
4. Emphasis of a previous point
5. Effective transition
6. Specific evidence or supporting a detail
7. Conclusion of a paragraph or passage