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A generalization is a broad statement, idea, or principle.

Generalizations can be made when you infer from particular text evidence, facts, and/or statistics.

Making generalizations is very similar to drawing conclusions.

• Generalizations are not written directly in the text

• Generalizations do not contain “all-or-nothing” words like:

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Facts Generalizations

83% of the teachers at Ochoa have children

Teachers like children

• All students must be vaccinated before they are allowed to attend kindergarten.• If a student has a fever they are sent home from school.• If you forgot your lunch money, the school cafeteria will provide an emergency lunch

Schools want students to come to school healthy

Real life experiences: The first day of the month is usually the

busiest day at the grocery store. If there is road work, there are often delays

in traffic. Life is routine.

A. Conflicts are often created from misunderstandings.

B. Conflicts must be settled with a fight.C. Conflicts are always between two or

more people.D.Conflicts can always be resolved by

talking about the problem and writing a plan.

A. Improvements in technology result in less manual labor.

B. Improvements in technology help people communicate.

C. Improvements in technology always increase the cost of living.

A. Dogs make good pets.

B. Pugs are the best pets.

C.Cats are good pets.

A. Hard work is rewarded

B. Hard work is inspiring to others

C. Hard work is construction work

A. Cheaters never prosper

B. Cheating always get you in trouble

C. Cheating won’t help you learn

After reading this selection, which generalization can the reader make about (information in selection)?

Based on the information in the story/selection/poem, what generalization can you make about (character/ idea)?

Did you know that most people take about 4,000 steps each day? At that rate, a person will walk around the world more than two times by the age of 75. Can you imagine walking that far without wearing shoes?

People of today step out in many different kinds of shoes. We wear everyday shoes and dress shoes. We wear work shoes and shoes for almost every sport. We have slip-on shoes, lace-up shoes, shoes with low heels, and shoes with high heels.

Based on the information in the selection, what generalization can you make about shoes?

A. Items, like shoes are invented because of necessity.

B. It is important to have lots of shoes C. Shoes always need to be worn. D. Items, like shoes are always

expensive.

In 1942, the year following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States got into the intelligence-gathering business in a serious way with the founding of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) by Major General William J. Donovan. During World War II, the OSS sent hundreds of agents and guerilla fighters into a dozen enemy-occupied nations in Europe and Asia.

About 20 percent of the people who worked for OSS were women, most of whom were assigned to desk jobs at the agency’s Washington headquarters.

Based on the information in the selection, which is not a generalization can you make about the intelligence-gathering business?

A. The OSS was a spying agency B. There is always a reaction to an

attack C. Women were discriminated against D. The intelligence-gathering business is

dangerous