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What is the author trying to say ? 2

Read the following text and try and identify what the author is trying to say , present evidence from the text to support your answers It is not the end of civilisation as we know it. But the severe, sustained, … Continue reading

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Eliminate the specifics

And what you have left is the main idea. Identify and eliminate  all the specifics used in the following text and identify the central idea of the text That Information Technology (IT) is an extremely potent tool to alleviate the … Continue reading

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What is the Author trying to say ?

Finding the main Idea has to be the most central skill in the armory of an effective reader.  Always keep in mind that the author has an idea that he wants to share , an assertion he wants to state … Continue reading

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