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Question

Based on the information provided, what generalizations can be made about the administration’s
proposed method?

A Social Security is in trouble.

B President Bush is concerned about children.

C The proposed plan will benefit most people.

D None

Answer

The correct answer is D. Because the author hasn’t outlined any other plans to repair the program, we
don’t have enough evidence to make a generalization about this method. Oftentimes, readers need
additional information when reading expository text. You’ll want to make sure students can identify when
background information is needed to fully understand a text. In this context, for instance, students might
need to research Social Security to discover exactly what the problem is, and they might need to review
other articles with a different plan of action.

Review

• Informational texts use a variety of organizational structures and visual elements such
as illustrations, charts, diagrams, and graphs that students must learn to identify and interpret
in order to understand the whole of the text.

• Cause-and-effect structures describe events and identify or imply causal factors.

• Problem-and-solution structures introduce and describe a problem and present
solutions to that problem.

• Compare-and-contrast structures often use similes and metaphors to describe ideas to
readers.

• Sequencing reveals events in a chronological order.

• In classification, an author presents a variety of information about a particular subject.

• In generalizations, an author presents a variety of information and makes a
generalization about a particular subject.