Inference Strategy Lesson 1-2

List the steps in the inference strategy.

• note what you know

• interact with the question and the passage

• find the clues

• explore the details

• return to the question

What are the two main types of questions?

• factual questions

• think questions

• seek questions

• factual and think and seek questions

A fact is something that is true or real.

• true

• false

A factual question will have an answer that is ____.

• hard to find

• missing

• right there

What type of question begins with words like who, what, where, when, and how?

• factual questions

• think and seek questions

• predicting questions

• clarifying questions

What is the main idea?

• The author's reason for writing

• A short statement that tells about a long passage

• The big idea in the paragraph or passage

• Another word for message

Three purposes an author may have for writing a passage are to

• persuade

• entertain

• inform

• all of the above

What is the theme of the story?

• The setting of the story.

• The big picture of the story.

• What the author wants the reader to know.

• The feeling of the passage

What does infer mean?

• To do well on tests

• To read and write well.

• To make a conclusion or guess about something based on hints or facts that you have learned.

What is the summary of the story?

• The author's reason for writing the story.

• The big idea of the paragraph.

• A short statement that tells about the paragraph or passage.

• The feeling of the story.