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Time-Conscious Americans 课文结构分析/text structure analysis

One of the ways to find the structure of a reading passage is to change the text into questions and answers. For example:
    Mr. Wilson won the election. He appealed to the middle class to support him. 
    This is a short text consisting of only two sentences. But if we change it into a question and answer, we can find or understand the relationship between the two sentences. 

     Mr. Wilson won the election.
    Question: How did he win the election?
    Answer: Mr. Wilson won the election by appealing to the middle class.

     Therefore, we can identify the relationship between the two sentences as result and instrument/method/means.

 Result: Mr. Wilson won the election.

                                                         
                               Question: How did he win the election?  
                                                        

 Instrument: He appealed to the middle class to support him.

    In our analysis of the reading passage, you will find that we are using the same method to spell out the relationship within a paragraph by placing questions between the parts. The three parts we identified by changing the text into a question-and-answer dialogue are:

 A general statement

    How do you prove your general statement? (any questions you can ask about the details of the statement)
                                                              

 Specific details to support the general statement

                       What is the reason for what you said in the general statement? 
                                                             

 The reason for the statement