1. IDENTIFYING AN AUTHOR'S
MAIN IDEAS AND GUESSING
MEANING FROM THE CONTEXT.
UNDERSTANDING
CLASSIFICATION TEXT.
SITI MELIANA MAULIDA
INAS GANITA
SALMA LABIBAH
ANALITYCAL
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2. BRAINSTORM
2. WHAT DID YOU
KNOW ABOUT
GUESSING MEANING
FROM THE CONTEXT?
3. WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT UNDERSTANDING
CLASSIFICATIONS TEXT
WHAT IS THE
AUTHOR’S MAIN
IDEAS?
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3. IDENTIFYING AN AUTHOR’S
MAIN IDEAS
WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA?
Main idea is the opinion or idea the writer is trying to
explain—what the writer wants to say to the reader.
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A Main idea is the key information that the author
wants to know after you finished the text.
4. The movie Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995. It is
an exciting story about space exploration. In the movie, the
astronauts get in trouble while they are trying to return to Earth.
People in the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see
what happens. What makes it even more excitng is that it is a true
story.
FIND THE MAIN IDEA!
5. The movie Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995. It is
an exciting story about space exploration. In the movie, the
astronauts get in trouble while they are trying to return to Earth.
People in the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see
what happens. What makes it even more excitng is that it is a true
story.
FIND THE MAIN IDEA!
Topic Author’s main idea
Movie Apollo 13.
Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the
summer of 1995.
6. BEFORE YOU READ:
Look for and carefully read text
features.
HOW TO FIND
MIND IDEA
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Read the title.
What is the text about?
What is the topic?
DURING THE READING:
Is the text fiction, non-fiction...
Look for information, words, and
pictures that are repeated.
AFTER YOU READ:
Think about the most important point
about the topic.
What details or example back up and
support the main idea?
7. GUESSING MEANING
FROM THE CONTEXT
Guessing meaning from context means
working out what a word means (or
have a good guess at least) from the
words that are around it and from the
topic of the paragraph.
WHAT IS GUESSING MEANING?
TYPES OF GUESSING THE
MEANING?
Synonym
Example & Definition
Antonym
Figurative Language
Prefixes and Suffixes
Idiom
1.
2.
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4.
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8. GUESSING MEANING
FROM THE CONTEXT
Context refers to the words, phrases, and
sentences that come before and after a
word or phrase. By looking at the context,
we can often infer the meaning of the
word or phrase in question.
STRATEGY TO GUESS MEANING
FROM THE CONTEXT?
FUNCTION OF
GUESSING MEANING ?
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understand the meanings of
new or unfamiliar words.
Enrich your vocabulary
1.
2.
9. EXAMPLE TEXT OF GUESS
MEANING FROM THE CONTEXT
IT HAD BEEN RAINING HARD
THROUGH THE NIGHT SO THE
GROUND WAS SATURATED.
“THE CANINE BARKED AT THE
MAILMAN,”
WHAT DOES 'SATURATED' MEAN?
WHAT DOES ‘CANINE‘ MEAN?
10. Text classification refers to the practice of categorizing
and organizing information into distinct groups or
categories for better understanding, comprehension, and
reference textual content based on its characteristics,
themes, or subjects.
UNDERSTANDING
CLASSIFICATION TEXT
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12. For example, in a sentiment analysis
task, the classification text types
could be 'positive,' 'negative,' or
'neutral,' indicating the sentiment
expressed in the text. In topic
identification, the classification text
types could be predefined topics like
'sports,' 'technology,' 'politics,' etc., to
categorize news articles or blog
posts.
GROUPING
READING AND UNDERSTANDING
IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS
LABELING
PROCESS OF
CLASSIFICATION
EXAMPLES IN
PRACTICAL READING
