PDF handout of the 32 Powerpoints - Mark Fullmer

6/5/2012“The taciturn student is like a mute television.”In the above sentence, a comparison is beingmade between a student and a television.Therefore, the adjective “taciturn” has a similarmeaning to “mute”. In other words, the studentisn’t talking.“In March, the weather is pacific,unlike the stormy weather during themonths of June and July.”In this sentence the word “unlike”gives you the clue that the meaningof “pacific” is contrasting with“stormy”.“The OFW is well remunerated for his work. Hereceives PHP 50,000 every month.”Since the second sentence is talking about theOFW’s salary, you can infer that the word“remunerated” has to do with receivingpayment for your work.“Poems written by Andress Mojica are usuallyunfathomable. Many cannot understand themessage he wants to convey.”Here, you can tell that the meaning of“unfathomable” is probably synonymous to“cannot understand.”“A philatelist is someone who collects differentkinds of stamps.”This sentence defines exactly what a philatelistis. Therefore, this is called a “definition” clue.“The stratification of society makes cleardistinctions between the rich and poor. Thelevel occupied by the rich is far from theposition the poor people hold.”The second sentence explains the differentlevels between rich and poor. Therefore, youcan conclude that stratification has to do withdifferent levels.2