1.4 Drawing Conclusions

Drawing conclusions refers to information that is implied or inferred. This means that the information is
never clearly stated.

Sometimes a passage may contain ideas that are not stated directly. Then you must draw a conclusion.
when you do this, you decide what facts mean

1.1 Fact or opinion

A fact is a statement that can be verified and backed up with evidence.
the 2008 Summer Olympic Game were held in Beijing, China,fromAugust 8 to 24,2008.
An opinion is based on a personal belief or view. It is notbased on evidence that can be verified. Letters
to the Editor in a newspaper are a good example of opinions.

1.2 Understanding Cause and effect

Identifying Relationships
Events are often related because one event causes another to happen.
this is called a cause-effect relationship
Mark ate too much at the party and had a stomach ache.
Cause:Mark ate too much in the party.
Effect:He had a stomach ache.

1.3 Using Context Clues

Using Context Cluse
Study this example.
The gown was hideous. It was so ugly that no one bought it.
What does hideous mean here? If you do not know the meaning,there are cluse to help you. The phrases
so ugly and no one bought it are context clues. They help you figure out that hideous means very ugly.


When you are reading,you may come to a word you do not know. Sometimes you can figure out the meaning of the word from its context. when you figure out a word's meaning from its context, you find other ideas and words around it that give you clues to its meaning
Synonyms as Context Clues
Sometimes a sentence contains a synonym for aword you do not know. The context of the sentence tells you that the two words are synonyms