ULL: Format, Inference, Main Idea - Jan 4

The definition for format is:

• what the text is mostly about.

• a logical assumption based upon information from the text plus prior knowledge and/or experience.

• the way in which something is arranged (i.e. chart, diagram, graph, timeline).

• the narrator's position in relation to the story being told.

Answer explanation

In cellphones examples of their software formats are android and MacX.

The definition for inference is:

• what the text is mostly about.

• a logical assumption based upon information from the text plus prior knowledge and/or experience.

• the way in which something is arranged (i.e. chart, diagram, graph, timeline).

• the narrator's position in relation to the story being told.

Answer explanation

When you observe an experiment in a chemistry class, you make an inference about what chemicals were involved.

The definition for main idea is:

• what the text is mostly about.

• a logical assumption based upon information from the text plus prior knowledge and/or experience.

• the way in which something is arranged (i.e. chart, diagram, graph, timeline).

• the narrator's position in relation to the story being told.

Answer explanation

One of the components of effective reading is to recognize the main idea of the passage.

The word meaning "what the text is mostly about" is

• format

• inference

• main idea

• point of view (literary)

Answer explanation

The word meaning "the way in which something is arranged (i.e. chart, diagram, graph, timeline)" is

• format

• inference

• main idea

• point of view (literary)

Answer explanation

The word meaning "a logical assumption based upon information from the text plus prior knowledge and/or experience" is

• format

• inference

• main idea

• point of view (literary)

Answer explanation

Which word was not examined in this exercise:

• format

• inference

• main idea

• point of view (literary)

Answer explanation

Point of View will be one of next weeks ULL words.