Inference, Purpose, and Tone. The Power of Social Networks.

Please watch the short video regarding Inference and take the Quiz that follows. Additionally, please complete the Purpose and Tone Quiz as well. After you have explored Inference, Purpose, and Tone, watch the TED talks Lecture below, and answer the questions that follow. Be sure to not only view the video at least three times, but to always READ through the Bios and web-content and to view and/or read related videos and web-content on the TED Talks site. Additionally, be sure to listen for any unfamiliar vocabulary, look up any words that you did not know, re-watch after learning the new vocabulary, then come to class prepared to discuss the words and their meanings. The vocabulary in this lecture will be on the final exam, so please pay very class attention! Enjoy!

Finding and Understanding Inference: http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-inference-how-to-infer-intended-meaning.html#lesson
Understanding Purpose and Tone:

Authors write with a reason in mind, and you can better evaluate what is being said by determining what that reason is. The author's reason for writing is also called thepurpose of the selection. Three common purposes are:

1. To inform-to give information about a subject. Authors with this purpose wish to give their readers facts.

2. To persuade-to convince the reader to agree with the author's point of view. Authors with this purpose may give facts, but their main goal is to promote an opinion.

3. To entertain-to amuse and delight; to appeal to the reader's senses and imagination.

Purpose and tone are very closely related. A writer's tone reveals the attitude he or she has toward a subject. Tone is expressed through the words and details the writer selects. Just as a speaker's voice can project a range of feelings, a writer's voice can project one or more tones, or feelings.

Purpose and Tone Quiz: http://www.laflemm.com/RfR10/QuizTonePurpose.html

TED Talks, Social Networks: http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks.html

1. Summarize this talk in no more than five to ten sentences. Be clear and concise with your summaries by trying your best to find the Main Idea and the most important pieces of Supporting Evidence. What is Christakis Inferring about Social Networks? Be very, very detailed and specific in your response to this question! Have fun!

2. What is the Purpose of Christakis's Lecture? What is the Tone?

3. Now that you have had some time to reflect on your own Values, Value Judgments, and Subjective Perspectives, tell me how you think you may be affecting/effecting your Social Networks with your ideas and/or behaviors. Consider what Nicholas Christakis might say. Be detailed and thoughtful in your responses!