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Did you memorize my tenets for the test?

Did you memorize my tenets for the test?. STUDY GUIDE PACKET #3 Main Idea & Inferences. MAIN IDEA CENTRAL POINT (stated or implied). Major Details = Proof Minor Details = Fluff. 1 st : find real TOPIC. Specific angle about a subject ( best way to hold a football-not just football )

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Did you memorize my tenets for the test?

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  1. Did you memorize my tenets for the test?

  2. STUDY GUIDEPACKET #3 Main Idea & Inferences

  3. MAIN IDEACENTRAL POINT(stated or implied) Major Details = Proof Minor Details = Fluff

  4. 1st: find real TOPIC • Specific angle about a subject (best way to hold a football-not just football) • Phrase (2 or more words) Hint: ask “what is this about? Raising kids, feeding cats, or Training dogs? No, it’s about…”

  5. Ask: so what about the best way to hold a football? • You’ll find the ‘main idea’ • You’ll find the central message • You’ll be able to write a general summary of the section of writing • You’ll find a possible test question

  6. What is a topic? 1 or 2 wordsNOT A SENTENCE Thesis: what I want to prove • Main Idea sentence A. Proof (major detail) 1. Example (minor detail) • Main Idea sentence A. Proof (major detail) 1. Example (minor detail) Topic is the anchor

  7. What is a main idea? • Central message/all-inclusive or general summary • It’s the answer to “so what about the TOPIC?” “The author thinks that…..” “He’s trying to get across that…..” • IT’S ALWAYS A SENTENCE.

  8. Recognizing the main idea in a piece of writing. • Someone’s most important point • Someone’s main argument • Someone’s stand on an issue • Someone’s central focus bout a thing, a person • Someone’s controlling idea • Someone’s central thought in an essay • Someone’s thesis in a longer piece of writing

  9. What are details? • MAJOR details prove your point who – what – when – where – how - • MINOR details what kind of – colors – times - feelings

  10. Title: “My Years as a BLAH” • Topic: How to succeed at Blah Blah • Thesis: You should Blah Blah Blah • (introductory paragraph gives your • opinion and how you will prove it.) • I. Main idea for success reason 1A. Major Detail proof • 1. Minor Detail Fluff • II. Main idea for success reason 2 • A. Major Detail proof • 1. Minor Detail Fluff

  11. MAIN IDEAS CAN NEVER BE A DETAIL!!!

  12. Hubble’s Hint • In a multiple choice situation, find the details first. • Mark off • Left with MAIN IDEA BECAUSE Main ideas/central points can’t be in 2 places at once-can you?

  13. Grasp Vocab Infer Meaning: Metaphors Similes Irony Test items essays See others’ point of view You must get the MAIN IDEA from someone’s thoughts COMP I & II Lab Reports Speeches Draw Conclusions

  14. Think back to AnnotatingThink back to Reading Process • Before = previewing • During = integrating new to old • Recall = after each section recall what they said. It forces you to select the main idea THEN Put those thoughts in the margins as you read and only re-read your ANNOTATIONS!!

  15. What is Annotating?

  16. Remember! • We usually talk in main ideas so talk out loud to yourself as you study. • You will spit out main ideas!! • Keep paying attention =concentration= for sentences that summarize all his/her points.

  17. Watch out for implied main ideas or unstated thoughts. • Don’t panic – you do this all the time! • You say: what did you mean by that? • So, I see how it is. • Do I have to spell it out for you? The main idea may be in the details or hints or veiled words someone is saying to you. All writing is someone talking to you.

  18. SPEAKERS AND WRITERS IMPLY ideas LISTENERS AND READERS INFER ideas STYLE = SUGGESTIONSthey just don’t come out and and say it!!

  19. For Instance… Authors can infer point of view…

  20. ONE My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In newspaper photos of missing girls from the seventies, most looked like me: white girls with mousy brown hair. This was before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons or in the daily mail. It was back when people still believed things like that didn't happen.

  21. Let’s review… • What is the difference between the topic and the man idea in someone’s writing? • What is the difference between a main idea that is stated and one that is implied? • Why is it important for students to know how to determine the main ideas of paragraphs?

  22. NEXT STEPS • Complete Cornell notes and Exercises in packet • Complete practices in textbook as assigned

  23. Reading Skill Anyone can draw an inference….

  24. Getting the M.I. Through Inferences • Inferences are ideas that are: Suggested, assumed, hinted NOT literal • Inferential Reading describes: Motives, feelings, Judgments Uses figurative language [similes, metaphors]

  25. Figurative Language Types: Simile: comparing using like or as “Your brain is like a walnut in many ways.”

  26. Metaphors: direct comparison (no like or as) My mother was the oak in my life. Keep on the right pathway to be a success!

  27. Not the usual metaphor…. • Nobel Prize winner G. Becker says, “children are really refrigerators: expensive to have them, to maintain them and to repair them, but they live a long time and can return great services to their parents for years.”

  28. Personification:human characteristics to nonhuman things • My mirror has a mean streak in it. • The wind sang her mournful song. • The microwave timer told me it was time to eat. • The video camera observed the whole scene. • The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell. • The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.

  29. Idioms: phrases, expressions to make a point, not literal • Don’t get stuck in the rat race at work! • Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water here. • I always put my foot in my mouth around my boss.

  30. Verbal Irony: used to express a thought that is the opposite of what you mean • My bosses are a regular Laurel and Hardy! • You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your date who is with another guy!

  31. MARK TWAINon ‘irony’ • It’s ironic that every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.speech 11/23/1900

  32. To understand comedy & jokes…is to understand main ideas, inferences & figurative language. Have you ever said “I don’t get it!” when listening to a comedian? "Comedy is the only branch of writing that is defined by the effect it has on people," he said. "It's no easy task; but you're always able to tell if you've succeeded." Garrison Keillor

  33. Warning: • When detecting inferences, keep your prejudices in check. Listen. • Don’t leap to conclusions-- check your facts! Printed words are not absolute truth. • If you can’t back up what you say, you’re inferring; called gossiping!!

  34. To Get Ready for Test #3 • Complete ‘Metacognitive Thoughts’ • Complete Study Guide in Packet #3 • Finish 5 worksheets in Packet #3 • Finish the questions about “Scouts” • Complete book assignments • Complete Vocab Quizzes on Blackboard

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