Sentence relationships is another important reading skill. This skill involves sentence comprehension. You must recognize relationships between sentences. Identify how they are connected by the main idea of each sentence.

Relationships within and between sentences fall into some basic types:


	Sentence Relationships
Addition	the author is adding onto ideas already mentioned
Comparison	looks at how two things are the same or what they have in common
Contrast	two or more things are being contrasted, looking at how they are different
Example	gives an example of an unknown word or concept
Time Order	a sequence of events, anecdotes, directions, or narratives
Cause & Effect	suggests that the idea in one phrase is the cause or effect of the other

To determine relationships, you may be asked:

How are the two sentences related?
What is the relationship of the second sentence to the first?
What is the relationship of the first sentence to the second?
The second sentence gives/indicates/relates. . .

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