Women who work and raise children are often treated unfairly in the workplace. They receive lower wages, are not promoted as often as those without children, and can sometimes struggle to find work again after returning from maternity leave. It is incumbent upon the workplace to create more equal working environments for both genders. This is no longer an era when women stay home and men are the primary sources of income.

The author is trying to persuade the reader.

The author is trying to entertain the reader.

The author is trying to analyze a situation.

The author is trying to make a comparison and contrast.

Identify the assumption being made in the following passage:

All schools these days should be using tablets in the classroom, especially at the elementary school level. At these young ages, students are able to soak up all sorts of new information, and they do so using the best technology available to them. They live in a world that is based on an ever-growing dependency on the latest technology, so it is important that we give them the tools to succeed. In the classrooms many of us were in as children, we did not have access to such valuable learning tools as children have now; my own school was very poor and limited in resources. We cannot allow such an opportunity to improve schools slip through our fingers.

The author is assuming that most schools do not have the necessary resources to help students succeed.

No assumptions are being made in this passage.

The author is assuming that children are too dependent on technology.

The author is assuming that if someone has a tool, he can use it to improve what they are doing.

Inferences are conclusions drawn from the evidence a writer presents. Read the following sentences. What inferences can be made about the man in these sentences?

The man ran hurriedly through the subway station. He wore an Armani suit and carried a briefcase. As he ran, he spoke loudly about his estimated time of arrival to an unseen individual who seemed to be conversing with him.

He is a wealthy businessman late for an arrival; he is probably speaking to an individual through a Bluetooth earpiece.

The man has nice taste in clothes.

There are no underlying inferences to be made. He's just running through a subway station.

The man has had a psychotic break and is talking to imaginary people.