Inferences

How do we make inferences?

• by comparing two or more things

• by using schema

• by combining text clues with schema

Readers make inferences to...

• determine a character's feelings

• figure out where characters are

• determine what is happening

• figure out why things happened

• All of these are correct

When you make an inference you say what is obvious, already stated, or easily seen. True or False?

• True

• False

What is "schema"?

• text clues

• observations

• your background knowledge

An inference will always be proven in a text.

• True

• False

An inference and an observation is the same thing.

• True

• False

There can be multiple correct inferences about the same text.

• True

• False

Which sentence provides the best inference that the computer was not working properly?

• Jane took three hours to finish her homework

• Jane's homework was not finished.

• Jane had to write out her story instead of typing it.

• Jane's homework was not done correctly.

Is the following statement an inference or observation?

The dog is laying on the grass.

• Inference

• Observation

When we make inferences, we are "reading between the lines". This helps us to better understand the text we are reading.

• True

• False