Inference

Illegible handwriting does not indicate weakness of character, as even a quick glance at the penmanship of George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, or John F. Kennedy reveals.

• Washington, Roosevelt, and Kennedy all had handwriting that was difficult to read.

• A person’s handwriting reveals a lot about that person.

• The author believes that Washington, Roosevelt, and Kennedy all had weak characters.

William Faulkner set many of his novels in and around an imaginary town, Jefferson, Mississippi, which he closely patterned after his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi.

• William Faulkner wrote many of his novels while living in Jefferson,

  Mississippi

• The town of Oxford, Mississippi, exists only in Faulkner’s novels

• Faulkner actually wrote about his hometown but did not use its real

  name.

The Okefenokee Swamp is a fascinating realm that both confirms and contradicts popular notions of a swamp, because along with huge cypresses, dangerous quagmires, and dim waterways, the Okefenokee has sandy pine islands, sunlit prairies, and clear lakes.

• People generally feel that swamps are fascinating places.

• The Okefenokee has features that most people do not associate with swamps.

• Most swamps do not have huge cypresses, dangerous quagmires, and dim waterways.

As an architect, Thomas Jefferson preferred the Roman style, as seen in the University of Virginia, to the English style favored by Charles Bullfinch.

• The University of Virginia was influenced by the Roman style.

• Bullfinch was an English architect.

• Jefferson preferred to build in the English style of architecture.