Name: How do writers use examples to get their points across? | Reading | Khan Academy
Uploaded: 2020-05-06T18:26:57.000Z
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and how writers use them in informational text.

I need to back up that statement with some examples.

I need to illustrate just how weird they are.

So if I say my hobbies include going for walks,

So instead, I could say my hobbies include puppeteering,

Well, now we're getting somewhere, right?

just how much of a weirdo this David guy is.

ask yourself, what purpose does this example serve?

Why did the author introduce this detail here?

How does this example connect to the text overall?

Does it form a pattern with other details?

And if so, what does that pattern tell me?

Let's look at a text and evaluate its examples.

"and trying to jump out of their beds to fly.

"Some of them were getting badly injured!

"So Barrie added the rule that in order to fly,

"J.M. Barrie was trying to help children understand

So the author is saying that J.M. Barrie changed "Peter Pan"

and then he gives an example of the change.

and ask those questions that we just went over.

It shows us that the author wants to portray Barrie

He heard about children injuring themselves

It's also a pretty specific example that I can picture.

I can imagine kids jumping off of tall things

which helps me better understand the overall text.

I only excerpted a small portion of this text.

So I'm not gonna ask how it connects to the text overall.

But this example does raise other questions for me,

They can shape a reader's impression of a topic.

Recognize that when a series of examples comes in sequence,

and story is an incredibly powerful tool.

As a reader, understand the power that examples have

and pay attention to how they're being used.

As readers, we are engaged in a push and pull with writers,

especially when they are trying to convince us of something.

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