Chapter 7 - Using Inference to Implied Main Ideas - Summary

“CRCB” – Chapter 7: Using Inference to Identify Implied Main Ideas – Summary

This chapter is about inference, implied ideas, and recognizing information gaps in what you are reading. I learned that there is more to reading than just seeing and understanding the words written on the page. You need to be able to read something and draw conclusions or make assumptions about what the author is saying. You also need to be able to pick up on an author’s tone, or voice, or attitude in the writing. Picking up on the author’s emotion in what you are reading, will also help you to determine what the author is trying to say (without saying it). I learned that a lot of times the author writes in a way in which they assume they have given enough information for you to already know what they are trying to imply. The author will have gaps in the information you are reading because they assume you will be able to fill in the blanks.