Question

Which of the following is an example of the author's inductive reasoning in the passage?

Imagine, he says, if last year's Moscow heatwave which sent average temperatures 14F above normal, and contributed to this year's smaller harvest next hit Chicago and the Midwestern bread basket. The US harvest could slump by 40 per cent, sending prices "off the chart" and cause "the global economy to start to unravel". As the climate changes, such extremes are likely to be more common.

Answer 1

The second sentence, the author seems to be trying to inform or warn readers about extreme climate changes and then increasing .

Answer 2

The example of the author's inductive reasoning in the passage is "The US harvest could slump by 40 per cent, sending prices "off the chart" and cause "the global economy to start to unravel". The term "inductive reasoning" refers to making generalizations from specific observations. In this sentence, the author uses inductive reasoning because he makes a generalization, that "the global economy will start to unravel".