Drawing Conclusions Pt 1 (TTH)

What does it mean to draw a conclusion?

• take a random guess

• make an educated guess based on all the information you have available

• finish writing the last sentence of a paragraph

• restate what the author has written

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is an inference?

• something you feel confident is probably true based on evidence

• something you know for sure to be true

• something the author leaves out of a story

• a random guess

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

"One of the neighbors had heard the old man's cry and had called the police."

Which of the following is a FACT based on the above sentence?

• The police were very busy.

• The neighbor has good hearing.

• The police are good at their jobs.

• The neighbor called the police.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"One of the neighbors heard the old man's cry and had called the police."

Which of the following is an INFERENCE that can be made from the above sentence?

• The old man has a neighbor.

• The town has police.

• The neighbor probably thought something bad had happened.

• The old man cried out.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"At 4 a.m. the officers searched the old man's room, and since they found nothing, they sat down to drink coffee and have a friendly chat."

Which of the following is an inference that can be made from the above sentence?

• The police officers did not find anything.

• The police officers talked.

• The police officers were probably tired.

• The old man had a room.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

"When the villain confessed, the police sprang to their feet, pulled up the floorboards, and discovered the old man's dismembered corpse. One officer leaned over and gagged. The villain sank miserably to the ground. The officers placed him in handcuffs and led him away to the police station."

Which of the following is a reasonable inference that can be made from the paragraph?

• The old man's body was probably disgusting to look at.

• The officers probably finished their coffee before leaving the home.

• The villain probably put up a fight.

• The police station was probably very far away.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following lines is the best evidence for the inference that the old man's body was disgusting to look at?

• "The police pulled up the floorboards"

• "One officer leaned over and gagged"

• "The villain sank to the ground"

• "The officers placed him in handcuffs"

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2