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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Official mapping?
Name the relationship before the transition.
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Expression of Ideas → Transitions.
Reading & WritingChapter 8: Transitions
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Specification and Narrowing Flashcards
Twenty concise Transitions cards for Topic 8-10.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: First move?
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Cover the blank and determine how the surrounding ideas relate.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Two-level analysis?
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Understand each idea, then identify the relationship between them.
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Cover the blank and paraphrase A → B.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Why not choose by sound?
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A phrase can sound familiar while signaling the wrong logical function.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Full-substitution test?
Name the relationship before the transition.
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Insert each option and reread the complete passage for syntax, logic, and nuance.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Addition or example?
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An example is a specific instance of a broad claim; addition supplies another compatible point.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Contrast or concession?
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Contrast marks difference; concession acknowledges an obstacle that the main claim survives.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Sequence or cause?
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Sequence gives order; cause says one idea produces or logically supports the next.
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Cover the blank and paraphrase A → B.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Restatement or addition?
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Restatement preserves meaning in clearer words; addition introduces independent information.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Example or specification?
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An example illustrates a class; specification narrows to the precise aspect meant.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: What does punctuation prove?
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Nothing about the relationship; punctuation must not decide a Transitions item.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Local-only trap?
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A connector fits nearby words but contradicts the movement of the whole passage.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Causal audit?
Name the relationship before the transition.
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Verify that consequence is supported rather than merely chronological or correlated.
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Cover the blank and paraphrase A → B.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Close-option rule?
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Use the specific rhetorical move and full context to distinguish neighboring functions.
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Specification and Narrowing: 8-10: Final check?
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Relationship, function, substitution, punctuation neutrality, and one uniquely best answer.
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Specification and Narrowing: Specification relationship
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The text moves from broad scope to one exact aspect or subgroup.
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Specification and Narrowing: Specifically function
Name the relationship before the transition.
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It identifies precisely which detail the broad statement refers to.
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Specification and Narrowing: Scope test
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Is the later idea contained within and narrower than the earlier idea?
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Cover the blank and paraphrase A → B.
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Specification and Narrowing: Specification trap
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One case can illustrate without defining the exact intended scope.
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Specification and Narrowing: Specification prediction
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Broad A → precise part B.
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