Mots Croisés Reading & Writing Key ConceptsVersion en ligne Key concepts to develop your reading and writing skills par EDGAR CABRERA MAULEON 1 It expands, explains, or otherwise confirms the main idea of a paragraph. 2 It contains the topic and controlling ideas. 3 It expresses the meaning of the writer or speaker or something written or spoken using different words. 4 It is the situation when the parts of a text fit together in a natural or reasonable way. 5 It is a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, idea, etc. 6 It is looking at different parts of a reading passage carefully in order to detect some specific information. 7 It is the action of reading something quickly so as to note only the important points. 8 It is the connection of ideas at the different parts of a text. 8 5 2 7 3 4 1