tailieunhanh - 8th Grade Reading Comprehension and Writing skills_04

Tham khảo tài liệu '8th grade reading comprehension and writing skills_04', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | IDENTIFYING AN AUTHOR S PURPOSE Answers Exercise 3 1. I Exercise 1 2. E 1. b. 3. E 2. d. 4. P 5. I Exercise 2 1. b. Sentence 4 is the only one of the answer options that expresses an outright opinion. The other statements sentences 3 5 and 6 might not be convincing detailed evidence but they are based in fact. In this example the author tries to persuade the reader by presenting information about one side of an issue. It doesn t meet the objective and balanced test of informative writing because the intent is to sway the reader s opinion about the topic. 2. a. 158 19 ASSUMING CAUSES AND PREDICTING EFFECTS LESSON SUMMARY Sometimes writers don t directly explain a cause or effect. Instead they suggest it. This lesson shows you how to read between the lines and find implied causes and effects. . ometimes we want to say something but we don t want to just tell it like it is. So like writers we use suggestion to get our point across. In the previous section you saw how writers can use suggestion to convey their main idea. But suggestion works at all levels supporting ideas and even specific details can be implied too. This lesson focuses on two specific types of suggestion implied cause and implied effect. First here s a quick review. A cause is a person or thing that makes something happen. An effect is the change created by an action or cause. Cause tells you why something happened effect tells you what happened as a result of that action. Finding Implied Cause Imagine that you have a classmate named Len. He walks into the room and looks upset. You know he has just met with the principal. You know that he s been late for school a lot lately and that he s been cutting classes. You also know that Len s parents would go crazy if they knew what Len was doing. When Len walks into the room 159 ASSUMING CAUSES AND PREDICTING EFFECTS he doesn t say anything to you. Can you guess why he s upset a.