Question 1 (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE English Language): Flashcards
Exam code: 0500 & 0990
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Explicit
Information that is clear and directly stated in the text.
Implicit
Meaning that is hinted at but not stated directly; you work it out through inference.
Inference
A logical conclusion you work out from the evidence in the text, rather than from what is stated.
Clarify
As a critical reading tool, filling gaps in your understanding: break a word down to its root, or use the rest of the sentence to work out a word that could replace it.
Fill in the gap: Implicit meanings are ＿＿＿＿＿ rather than stated directly in the text.
Answer: Implicit meanings are suggested rather than stated directly in the text.
Fill in the gap: Zoom in on particular words that support your ＿＿＿＿＿ and explain why the writer chose them.
Answer: Zoom in on particular words that support your inference and explain why the writer chose them.
What are the four critical reading tools?
Question, Clarify, Evidence, Infer
Which five questions does the Question tool ask as you read?
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
In 'The man stumbled into the house on his return from a night out, tripping and cursing his way up the stairs', what is a logical inference, and what would be an illogical one?
Logical: he is drunk ('night out', 'stumbled', 'tripping', 'cursing').
Illogical: he is an alcoholic, as there is no evidence in the sentence for this.
True or False?
You can state an implied meaning in Text A without quoting evidence for it.
False.
Every implied meaning you give must be backed by evidence from the text.
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