Study guide: Show evidence and revise for clarity
Distinguish stated details from inferences, recognize comparison, preserve source meaning, and clarify references.
Ideas to explain in your own words
- Identify what a passage says directly and what a reader concludes from it.
- Identify similarities and differences on a shared feature.
- Distinguish an exact quotation from a faithful paraphrase.
- Replace an ambiguous pronoun without changing the intended action.
Watch your reasoning
- The opening sentence directly gives 8:10 as the arrival time. The other choices add circumstances or feelings that are not in the report.
- Visibility is contrasted directly in the passage. The remaining choices introduce cost or contradict the supplied facts.
- Still unlabeled preserves not labeled yet. The other choices change the scope, turn a current status into never, or add a missing-paper claim.
- The opening phrase refers to Zoe, the named subject, and checking precedes giving. The alternatives reverse roles/order or add unsupported information.
A worked review example
Separate a Stated Fact from an Inference: “Three students held wet umbrellas” is stated. “There may have been rain” is an inference from the wet umbrellas and puddle; another explanation could still be possible. Read a Compare-and-Contrast Paragraph: Both trays and folders keep sheets together. Trays show colors at once, whereas folders cover the sheets. This compares the same visibility feature and does not call either method universally better. Keep a Source’s Meaning When You Use It: Quotation: Noor writes, “We have not labeled the red tray yet.” Paraphrase: According to Noor’s note, the red tray is still unlabeled. Both preserve the status at the time of the note. Revise So the Reader Knows Who: Zoe checked the pages. Then she gave the folder to Priya. The first sentence names the checker, and then preserves the event order.
Make a practice plan
- Try the supplied lesson problems without looking at the answers.
- Compare your method with the worked examples and explain any correction.
- Use the new review cases, then complete the transfer task on paper or in your own document.