Trang nào có gì hay ho thì có thể viết lên tờ giấy này và kẹp lại ở đó. Sau này khi xem lại tờ giấy này thì sẽ nhớ ra liền trang đó nói gì à! Ai mà đang ôn TOEFL hay IELTS thì sẽ thấy phương pháp này tuyệt thế tìm hiểu kĩ hơn, hãy down sách ở mục “Learn how to learn” và đọc. Bước thứ nhất là | whether descriptive narrative informative or persuasive. The types you ll use most often are Venn Diagrams Hierarchical Maps Sequential Charts Cyclical Maps Word Webs Plot Diagrams NASA engineers faced their challenge by working with random miscellany to which they added thought logic pattern discovery and solution. Consider yourself a writing engineer . . . the Venn diagram The Venn diagram is a conceptual map consisting of two overlapping circles that create three sections. By writing words and phrases into the appropriate section writers see the similarities and differences between an essay s stated topics. The Venn diagram is very useful when you are asked to compare and contrast two concepts two people or different customs. Essay prompts signal the usefulness of Venn diagrams when they include phrases like compare and contrast choose between distinguish between decide between visual writing and cereal 21 Venn diagram Cereal Essay Prompt 1 You are asked to decide the menu for your club s end-of-year breakfast meeting cereal or bacon and eggs Convince your fellow members that your choice of breakfast is the best choice. Persuasion A Venn diagram becomes very useful when asked to distinguish between two of anything Its overlapping circles help you to see similarities and differences. Depending on your knowledge base you might add specific vitamins and minerals to the Venn diagram shown. Whatever you add it is pretty clear that there is very little similarity. The choice is now up to you. Do you argue in favor of the healthy and easily prepared cereal breakfast Or do you persuade your reader that the aromatic delicious bacon and egg breakfast is worth the added difficulty of its preparation Whatever you decide the Venn diagram 22 visual writing organized your ideas. It has also set a stage to showcase your writer s voice when you write your essay. More about the rubric called Voice in Chapter Five. Breakfast cereal will keep us all heart healthy and help us win .
