TFY Chapter Four -- Inferences: What Follows

Glossary
Chapter 4
Description versus Interpretation	Pure description provides factual details that convey an accurate objective depiction of a subject. Interpretation makes inferences and judgments about the subject.
Evidence	Evidence is a sign or proof that something is true or that it has or had existence.
Generalization	A generalization is a statement derived from the study of a number of cases that summarizes something characteristic about these cases.
Infer	To use imagination and reasoning to fill in missing facts. To connect the dots.
Justify	To justify a claim means to defend and support a claim.
Obvious	The obvious is something that is unconcealed and easy to see. Yet we may neglect to pay close attention to the obvious because it is so familiar.
Principal claim and reasons	These are the two parts of an argument. The principal claim is the thesis or conclusion. The reasons support this claim through evidence or other claims. A claim is an assertion about something.
Thinking	Purposeful mental activity such as reasoning, deciding, judging, believing, supposing, expecting, intending, recalling, remembering, visualizing, imagining, devising, inventing, concentrating, conceiving, considering.

-- 07 -- Opinions, Evaluations; Details, Inferences

-- 07 -- Opinions-- What's Believed? ,TFY-C6; Evaluations -- What's Judged?

Details, CRCB-C6;

TFY Chapter Summaries

Chapter Six Opinions
This chapter explores that familiar word opinion and examines the way it affects our ability to think critically. Again we have a familiar but confusing word that can be used in many different ways. Exercises are offered to help you assess your understanding of the different varieties of opinion. Writing applications ask you to test and expand what you know into essays that articulate, support, describe, or analyze opinions. Readings show you how professional writers can present support for an opinion; in one case through direct statement, and in a second case through a satirical sub-statement.

Glossaries

Chapter 6
Advice	Advice is to recommend an opinion to someone else.
Infer	To use imagination and reasoning to fill in missing facts. To connect the dots.
Judgment	Judgment is a final opinion, decision, conclusion or evaluation about something.
Opinion	Opinion is a word used to include an unsupported belief, a supported argument, an expert’s judgment, prevailing public sentiment, and a formal statement by a court.
Personal taste or preference	Personal taste or preferences are forms of opinions that express likes or dislikes. They can be irrational and need not be supported with reasons.
Principal claim and reasons	These are the two parts of an argument. The principal claim is the thesis or conclusion. The reasons support this claim through evidence or other claims. A claim is an assertion about something.
Thinking	Purposeful mental activity such as reasoning, deciding, judging, believing, supposing, expecting, intending, recalling, remembering, visualizing, imagining, devising, inventing, concentrating, conceiving, considering.
Glossary

Web Links

Web Links
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EPINIONS
Who says your opinion doesn’t count? Consult a popular site consisting of reviews on cars, books, movies, music, computers, sports, travel etc. made by "real people."
http://www.epinions.com/
READERS’ OPINIONS
Consult this daily section of the New York Times that prints readers’ responses to featured articles.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/readersopinions/index.html
WORLD-WIDE OPINION
Here are links editorials appearing in an international array of newspapers.
http://www.uwb.edu/library/guides/SelectionWorldNews.htm
WRITING YOUR OPINION TO NEWSPAPERS
This excellent site offers specific information about how to write letters to editors and op-eds that will be published. It is especially designed for non-profits.
http://www.ccmc.org/oped.htm

-- 05-- Inferences, Time

-- 05-- Inferences, Time

Story A

Inference Riddles

Time Management

Web Links

TFY Chapter 4

GINA BERRIAULT

Learn more about the author of Stone Boy.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/fiction/berriault.htm

IDRIES SHAH AND SUFISM

This site is available for learning more about the philosophy of Sufism and the foremost collector of Sufi teaching tales such as The Three Perceptives.
http://www.sufis.org/index.html

INFERENCES DEFINED

Here are some more definitions of inferences.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/inferences

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Learn more about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his works.

http://www.sherlockian.net/

UNDERSTANDING INFERENCES

Here are some exercises to test your understanding of inferences.

http://datahavenproject.com/~laflemm/reso/inference.htm

CRCB C4 -- Reading Time

SUMMARY

CRCB Chapter 4: MANAGING READING TIME

Comprehension should be your main reading goal, not how fast you read.

·         Develop a general study schedule that shows specifically when you plan to study for each class and for how long.

·         Choose the times you study based on when you are most alert, and determine the length of time of each study session using your reading averages for the subjects you are taking.

·         Track your reading rates so you can create daily reading plans that set realistic goals for your classes each week.

The following reading tips are presented in this chapter and will contribute to your becoming a more efficient reader:

·         reading quickly, when it is appropriate

·         skimming

·         regressing or rereading

·         subvocalizing

·         pacing