Strategy 2, Generalization, Short Answer Exercise
Generalization is one way in which to rephrase an author’s ideas with your own words.
For each of the following, provide a generalization of the category to which the given words belong. Make your category as specific as possible.
football, tennis, basketball, baseball
football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey
skiing, ice skating, ice hockey, snowboarding
KCR, tramway, airplane, bus, bicycle
Cathay Pacific, Virgin Atlantic, Qantas, Lufthansa
TVB Pearl, South China Morning Post, Newsweek, Time
sweeping the floor, cooking breakfast, washing the dishes, making the bed
attending lectures, doing homework, sitting for exams, studying textbooks
the Stock Market, property values, exchange rates, unemployment
infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, middle age. old age