Yes, No, Not Given: what the writer thinks

Decide whether a statement matches the writer’s views. Spot opinion signals, keep other people’s views apart from the writer’s, and tell No from Not Given.

9 min

Module 23 · Lesson 4 of 5

In this lesson

  1. Find the signals that show a writer’s opinion.
  2. Tell the writer’s views apart from views the writer reports or partly accepts.
  3. Choose between No and Not Given with confidence.

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