Using Inference to Identify Implied Main Ideas
Chapter 7
Exercise 7a)
Inferring an Author’s Meaning
1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
You are better off keeping what you have than risking losing it in the hope of getting more.
2. A penny saved is penny earned.
If you save money, you earn money
3. Time heals all wounds.
Eventually things will get better.
4. Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for lifetime.
Don’t just give people stuff, make them work for it.
Exercise 7b)
Determining an Author’s Purpose
1. to inform
2. to persuade you
3. to inform
4. entertain
5. to inform
Exercise 7c)
Comparisons
1. Comparison between: a Sun-bath b. a drink of wine to the reptile
Implied similarity: it was very enjoyable
2. Comparison between: a. under pressure b. lion
Implied similarity: he feels ambitious
3. Comparison between: a. facts b. air on which the scientist learns.
Implied similarity: Scientists need facts.
4. Comparison between: a. battleship b. computer
Implied similarity: The hacker uses his computer to assail the weak and subvert the unsuspecting.
5. Comparison between: a. liquid b. people in the stadium aisles
Implied similarity: They both move freely.
6. Comparison between: a. the protagonist b. delicate vegetable
Implied similarity: They both start indoors, where it is safe, and are moved outside. In this case, the protagonist starts out in urban England.
Exercise 7d)
Setting the Tone
1. c. Troubled
2. a. Intense
3. c. Humorous
4. c. Sarcastic
Exercise 7e)
Detecting Bias in Paragraphs- Emotive Words
This author is biased, or sympathetic, towards poor people and believes that they have not been dealt with fairly in terms of equal access to good jobs.
The author believes that it is wrong.
He believes that things have gotten better, but there is still a long way to go.
He doesn’t like it.
Exercise 7f)
More Practice in Detecting Bias
1. I agree with the article. I believe with the statement about him hanging.
2. He wanted to express his views.
3. The USA needs to go after Osama Bin Laden.
4. Swinging from the end of the rope, vanquished
5. Angry, “Swing from the end of the rope…”
Exercise 7g)
Information Gaps and Cartoons
Question:
What is the main point that the cartoonist is making?
Answer:
We are lazy
Inferring an Author’s Meaning
1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
You are better off keeping what you have than risking losing it in the hope of getting more.
2. A penny saved is penny earned.
If you save money, you earn money
3. Time heals all wounds.
Eventually things will get better.
4. Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for lifetime.
Don’t just give people stuff, make them work for it.
Exercise 7b)
Determining an Author’s Purpose
1. to inform
2. to persuade you
3. to inform
4. entertain
5. to inform
Exercise 7c)
Comparisons
1. Comparison between: a Sun-bath b. a drink of wine to the reptile
Implied similarity: it was very enjoyable
2. Comparison between: a. under pressure b. lion
Implied similarity: he feels ambitious
3. Comparison between: a. facts b. air on which the scientist learns.
Implied similarity: Scientists need facts.
4. Comparison between: a. battleship b. computer
Implied similarity: The hacker uses his computer to assail the weak and subvert the unsuspecting.
5. Comparison between: a. liquid b. people in the stadium aisles
Implied similarity: They both move freely.
6. Comparison between: a. the protagonist b. delicate vegetable
Implied similarity: They both start indoors, where it is safe, and are moved outside. In this case, the protagonist starts out in urban England.
Exercise 7d)
Setting the Tone
1. c. Troubled
2. a. Intense
3. c. Humorous
4. c. Sarcastic
Exercise 7e)
Detecting Bias in Paragraphs- Emotive Words
This author is biased, or sympathetic, towards poor people and believes that they have not been dealt with fairly in terms of equal access to good jobs.
The author believes that it is wrong.
He believes that things have gotten better, but there is still a long way to go.
He doesn’t like it.
Exercise 7f)
More Practice in Detecting Bias
1. I agree with the article. I believe with the statement about him hanging.
2. He wanted to express his views.
3. The USA needs to go after Osama Bin Laden.
4. Swinging from the end of the rope, vanquished
5. Angry, “Swing from the end of the rope…”
Exercise 7g)
Information Gaps and Cartoons
Question:
What is the main point that the cartoonist is making?
Answer:
We are lazy
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