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talks about a"swain" – a young shepherd or country boy</span>
<span>Hope this helps</span>
Yes you are correct. You make inferences based on your knowledge and experience. What you read and what you're taught builds your knowledge and what you experience builds your wisdom
Okay. I cannot see the article, again but will try my hardest to answer this anyway.
The purpose can usually be seen in the first sentence or paragraph (unless you have an excerpt). Though it may not be too specific it will usually be backed up by evidence later in the passage. A purpose can always be proven by text details.
Choice of details: should support the purpose
organization: Some things are good for some purposes.
e.g. cause effect, shows the good or bad effects of a purpose. The author can support the purpose or no.
chronological can show how something has changed over time.
etc.
Try to identify the main structure and how the passage is organized and how it supports the main idea.
Answer:In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Mr. Raymond tells Scout that when Dill grows up "he won't cry about the simple hell people give other people--without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they're people too!
