Textual Evidence, Info and Compare & Contrast

While reading, it is important to make an ___________, or an educated guess, as what to what is happening in the text.

• inference

• claim

• apple pie

An inference is a combination of:

• background knowledge and evidence

• claims and counterclaims

• just evidence

• just background knowledge

What type of evidence is directly stated?

• Explicit

• Implicit

What kind of evidence isn't directly stated, below the surface?

• Explicit evidence

• Implicit evidence

what is evidence?

• a book or other written/printed work

• facts and information used as proof

• a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

Compare is to explain how something is similar to something else.

• True

• False

Contrast is to explain how two things are different from each other.

• True

• False

When two things are similar, where would you put this information in the Venn Diagram above?

• On the left

• On the right

• In the Middle