Inferring, Theme, and Central Idea

Using the thinking skill of inference, answer the following: It is likely that Miles wants to... Excerpt from Looking for Alaska By John Green “Why do you want to leave home, Miles?” Mom asked. “Because of me?” my dad asked. He had attended Culver Creek. I showed them the biography of Rabelais. “So this guy,” I said. “He was this poet and his last words were ‘I go to seek a Great Perhaps.’ That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.”

Using the thinking skill of inference, answer the following: We can infer that Miles’ parents- Excerpt from Looking for Alaska By John Green “Why do you want to leave home, Miles?” Mom asked. “Because of me?” my dad asked. He had attended Culver Creek. I showed them the biography of Rabelais. “So this guy,” I said. “He was this poet and his last words were ‘I go to seek a Great Perhaps.’ That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.”

What is the theme of the following passage? “Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty. He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff. Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and over all the skiff.”- (The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway)

What is the central idea of the following passage? Eating contests have been around for years. More recently, many competitive eating contests have focused on consuming as many hot dogs in a specific amount of time as possible. There are some annual competitions that receive a lot of media attention. One event has even aired on television. The winners of some hot dog eating competitions have consumed as many as 70 hot dogs in a span of ten minutes. There are a number of strategies that competitors use in order to win. Some people will avoid eating anything in the days leading up to the competition. Another popular strategy is to dunk the food in water, which will help with chewing. Nearly every competitor will shove as much food into their cheeks as they can in the last few moments of the competition, in order to get their numbers up.

What inference can be made about competitive eaters? Eating contests have been around for years. More recently, many competitive eating contests have focused on consuming as many hot dogs in a specific amount of time as possible. There are some annual competitions that receive a lot of media attention. One event has even aired on television. The winners of some hot dog eating competitions have consumed as many as 70 hot dogs in a span of ten minutes. There are a number of strategies that competitors use in order to win. Some people will avoid eating anything in the days leading up to the competition. Another popular strategy is to dunk the food in water, which will help with chewing. Nearly every competitor will shove as much food into their cheeks as they can in the last few moments of the competition, in order to get their numbers up.