Author: Greenville County

Using background knowledge can help you understand key passages and events in a piece of writing. Use:
The introduction to the work
Information from footnotes
Facts you’ve learned in other classes
Your own prior knowledge

Cause, Effect, and the Use of Background Knowledge

Dramatic Detail

Cause

Effect

Background

I will be giving you only one of these graphic organizers. You will need to create your own for future assignments in Diary of Anne Frank.