EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT INFORMATION

SECOND SEMESTER, QUARTER 3 Module 3: Claims (Weeks 7-8)

EXPLICIT INFORMATION- is information that is clearly stated on

the text. As a reader you can easily extract the information in the
paragraph or essay by simply searching for the information in the
text.
EXAMPLE: The party is at my house.

IMPLICIT INFORMATION- is information that is not stated on the

text, but as a reader, you can derive the information by reading
what is stated in the text and connecting it with what you know to
be realities in life, your experiences, and your stock knowledge
about the facts of life.
EXAMPLE: “Miles moved away from the dog. He had never had a
pet dog.’’

Difference between Explicit information,

describes something as being expressed
directly without anything being implied.
Implicit information, describes things in which
a meaning is implied or hinted at rather than
being expressed directly.