Does the warranty cover “consequential damages”? Many warranties do not cover damages caused by the product, or your time and ex
pense in getting the damage repaired. For example, if your freezer breaks and the food spoils, the company will not pay for the lost food. Source: “Warranties.” Federal Trade Commission. 24 Apr. 2009. Web. 28 July 2011. What context-clue technique can you use to determine the meaning of “consequential damages”?
I can look at the words around "immersion" to help me understand what it means in this context. Because the sentence speaks of "immersion in water," I can assume that the concern is getting the passport book wet. The passage also mentions that it contains an electronic chip, and I know that electronics generally shouldn't get wet, so the sense of the passage also tells me what "immersion" means.
The context-clue technique that can be used to determine the meaning of "consequential damages" is example or explanation. Context-clues are hints contained within the same text that can help the reder understand the mening of certain words. In this excerpt, the second sentence is an explanation of "consequential damages", the reader can infer that they are "damages caused by the product, or your time and expense in getting the damage repaired." The last sentence is an example of this explanation.
The half blood prince is third person omniscient because the narrator tells us about two or more characters feelings, not just how one character feels.
"A weasel doesn't “attack” anything; a weasel lives as he's meant to...”
Dillard uses the weasel metaphor to defend how it is important that every person find what he/she feels the need to do in life and that they stick with it.
