The Birth-Order Myth Ch. 2, Reading Analysis, Pages 26-29

8b. A prophecy is

7b. The author means that

11b. Mixed means

5d. Evidence means

6a. Take family size. In this sentence, take means

7a. Why is everything in italics?

4b. impact means

9c. This type of information is called

7c. What is the purpose of the dash(---) after household?

7d. Sibling rivalry means

1c. A selfish person

5c. In particular means

7e. Promoted and discouraged are

2. Read the first paragraph.These statements are examples of

11a. Results are mixed means

9a. What is the SAT?

9b. Where did you find this information?

12. Spacing between children means

1b. He's the baby of the family means

8a. This sentence means that, if parents treat their firstborns differently from their siblings,

13. Eyebrow-raising news is

4c. What word in these sentences is a synonym for assumption?

15. What is the main idea of the passage?

1a. What follows the dash(---)?

3c. This statement means that, as a result of other influences,the effects of birth order

4a.What information follows in fact?

6b. Plenty of means

10. Diluted means

5a. What do the dots between personality and are indicate?

3a. Discredited means

5b. Nonexistent means that something

9e. Why is number in italics?

8c. A self-fulfilling prophecy means that someone's expectations of you

3b. Influences means

9d. On the other hand indicates

14. jumping to conclusions means