Implicit Meaning - Week 1 Lesson 2 | Grade 9

 An Idea like "Implicit meaning" can be hard to understand sometimes. Like any big or confusing word, there are other smaller easier words we can break it down into. 


It's like talking about something without mentioning the name of that thing.

Check out these examples: 

1. Of the 24 hours in a day, there is none I love more than those hours when the sky becomes painted with oranges and pinks - when the air becomes cooler and the crickets start to sing.

What time of day do I love the most? If you guessed "Sunset" or "twilight", you're correct. I did not tell you just like that, that I love the sunset - I told you about the colours in the sky and the coolness of the air and the crickets that start making their sounds. With this information you can then understand what time of day I am talking about.

2. As he bit into some crunchy jam and toast as he read the newspaper spread in front of him. Over on the stove, the tea he forgot to pour out was getting cold in the pot.

There are three clues in those sentences that will tell you what time of day it is, and also, what meal the man was eating. Toast bread and jam, a newspaper, and some tea. If you read the clues correctly you will come the the conclusion that it is morning, and the man is eating breakfast.

Exercise - Read the History of St Maarten, Page 4 of your worksheets, and answer the 5 questions.

Hints - B.C. is an abbreviation meaning "Before Christ", and is used at the end of years from the ancient times, basically any year mentioned more than 2000 years ago is in B.C. 

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