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Inductive reasoning - ANSWER Starts with facts and details and general conclusion
-Is probabilistic
- can be proved false
ex: We have seen 30 white swans. Therefore all swans are white
ex: Basketball players all tall, therefore Tim must be tall because he plays basketball
Inductive reasoning - ANSWER "Bottom up": We build on facts and details to eventually
lead us to a conclusion
Deductive reasoning - ANSWER Starts with a conclusion and then leads to facts, details
and conclusions
-links premises with conclusions
-if all premises are clear and true, then the conclusion also must be clear and true
ex: All dogs are mammals. All mammals have hearts. Therefore dogs must have hearts
Deductive reasoning - ANSWER "Top-down": Start with known conclusions and then go
to facts and details
cause and effect relationship - ANSWER When something happens that makes
something else happen
The rain came down so hard that all of the leaves fell out of the tree - ANSWER Cause:
Heavy rain, effect: Leaves fell off of the trees
Billie was skating on the ice rink. The laces of one of his shoes came loose and it
caused him to be unable to control his skating. This caused him to collide with another
skater - ANSWER Cause: loose laces. effect: collision with another skater
POV - ANSWER the perspective from which a story is told
First person - ANSWER Main character, saying "I, me we"
Third person - ANSWER Most common POV, saying "he, she and they"
Tone - ANSWER Authors attitude toward a subject
Mood - ANSWER The feeling the work invokes into the reader
precisely express - ANSWER Authors want to ____________ ____________ what they
are trying to get across
READING TERMS CORRECT 100%
Inductive reasoning - ANSWER Starts with facts and details and general conclusion
-Is probabilistic
- can be proved false
ex: We have seen 30 white swans. Therefore all swans are white
ex: Basketball players all tall, therefore Tim must be tall because he plays basketball
Inductive reasoning - ANSWER "Bottom up": We build on facts and details to eventually
lead us to a conclusion
Deductive reasoning - ANSWER Starts with a conclusion and then leads to facts, details
and conclusions
-links premises with conclusions
-if all premises are clear and true, then the conclusion also must be clear and true
ex: All dogs are mammals. All mammals have hearts. Therefore dogs must have hearts
Deductive reasoning - ANSWER "Top-down": Start with known conclusions and then go
to facts and details
cause and effect relationship - ANSWER When something happens that makes
something else happen
The rain came down so hard that all of the leaves fell out of the tree - ANSWER Cause:
Heavy rain, effect: Leaves fell off of the trees
Billie was skating on the ice rink. The laces of one of his shoes came loose and it
caused him to be unable to control his skating. This caused him to collide with another
skater - ANSWER Cause: loose laces. effect: collision with another skater
POV - ANSWER the perspective from which a story is told
First person - ANSWER Main character, saying "I, me we"
Third person - ANSWER Most common POV, saying "he, she and they"
Tone - ANSWER Authors attitude toward a subject
Mood - ANSWER The feeling the work invokes into the reader
precisely express - ANSWER Authors want to ____________ ____________ what they
are trying to get across
