Professor: Dr. Justina Kwapy
Visit the gradebook area of the courseroom Look for assignments where you received a zero Complete missing Seminar activities Complete missing MRL activities Complete Unit 9 Discussion by Responding to the question Responding to at least two others Keep the discussion focused on the topic All work must be done by Tuesday evening!
Demonstrate the ability to identify tone Demonstrate the ability to identify purpose Demonstrate the ability to make inferences
Tone The author’s attitude toward the topic Purpose The reason the author writes about a topic
Objective Tone/ImpartialSubjective Tone/Personal Unbiased, neutral and formal Biased, emotional and informal Actual Factual Impartial Matter-of-fact Straightforward Truthful Calm Gloomy Idealistic Demanding Disappointed Cynical
1. “It is with sorrow that I must submit my resignation.” Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________ 2. “The best days were growing up on the farm before life became so fast-paced.” Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________ 3. “It is so good to see you again after such a long time. How is your wonderful family?” Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________ 4. Manny shoots for the basket at an awkward angle. He hesitates. The ball is knocked out of his hand. The lost points may have just caused his team the win. Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________ 5. Animals can be divided into three groups based on the way they maintain body temperature. Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________
6. A quiet yet thrilling feeling of peace swept over her. Her children were healthy, she was successful in her job, and she was in love with her husband. It seemed she had all a person could want. Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________ 7. “It isn’t enough to say you are sorry after years of doing wrong. You just can’t say you are sorry! How dare you think you can! Don’t expect forgiveness, either!” Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________ 8. “It is with pleasure and pride that I offer this recommendation on behalf of Kareem Smith. He is hardworking, intelligent, and honest.” Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________ 9. “Who broke the vase in the foyer? When I find out who did it, that person is going to be so sorry. Do you know how much that vase cost?” Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________ 10. “I am the best there is, and don’t you forget it. There is no one who beats me.” Tone: _____________________________________________________ Clues that helped me identify this tone: __________________________
Tone The author’s attitude toward the topic Purpose The reason the author writes about a topic
Write to inform Page 458 Write to persuade Page 458 Write to entertain Page 459
1. Cloning human beings should be banned. 2. The National Hurricane Center predicts a record number of hurricanes in the upcoming months. 3. Friends don’t let friends drive drunk. 4. Bulimia and anorexia are two eating disorders. 5. A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
6. Spanking as a way to discipline a child has a long history in many cultures. 7. Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind it doesn’t matter. 8. Kwanzaa is an African American tradition that is based on the African celebration of the “first fruits” of the harvest. 9. When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. 10. Rely on Denta-Fresh toothpaste to stop bad breath just as millions of others have.
Inference An inference or conclusion is an idea that is suggested by facts or details in a passage A valid inference is a logical conclusion based on evidence.
Verify and value the facts Assess prior knowledge Learn from the text Context clues Thought patterns Implied main ideas Investigate for bias Detect contradictions
Valid inference Turn to page 504
Step 1 – Verify and value the facts (506) Step 2 – Assess prior knowledge (507) Step 3 – Learn from the text (509) Step 4 – Investigate for bias (513) Step 5 – Detect contradictions (515)
Demonstrate the ability to identify tone Demonstrate the ability to identify purpose Demonstrate the ability to make inferences