Question

Highlight the signal word in the passage that shows an opinion.

I had just finished making a complicated piece of equipment that was to be used for a show opening in Philadelphia called "Fiorello." When the machine arrived they had trouble wiring it, so instead of going off to college that morning for an orientation, I spent several days at the theater fixing my light/sound equipment.

—“On Becoming an Inventor,”
Dean Kamen

Which fact from the passage best supports Dean’s opinion that his equipment was complicated?

The equipment was to be used for a show.
Other people had trouble wiring the machine.
Dean had to miss his college orientation.
Dean spent days fixing the equipment.

Answer 1

The signal word in the passage that shows an opinion is "complicated."

The fact from the passage that best supports Dean’s opinion that his equipment was complicated is: **Other people had trouble wiring the machine.**