Making inferences in informational text - level f. quiz

click on the statement that belongs in the

inference box.

what the text says

what i already know

inference

now, the coast guard

monitors all tankers, via

satellite, until they have

reached safe water.

the coast guard is a

government agency

with specific jobs

the coast guard keeps ports safe from enemy ships,

providing safety information to boaters is one of the coast guard's jobs.

the coast guard rescues people after boating accidents.

protecting the ocean environment is one of the coast guard's jobs.

well, there are online sites that can make it look like a texting screenshot, so u can make it like hamilton texting jefferson through that, and he can start with him being like, i know it's out of the blue, but blah blah blah

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the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.