Making Inferences

_______ + ________ = Inference

• Background knowledge + Clues from the text

• Background knowledge + Opinion

• A guess without evidence + information from the text

To make good inferences you need to...

• read fast

• pay attention to details

• look up every unfamiliar word

• pick your nose

It is important to learn how to make inferences because many times...

• authors don't write well

• authors communicate ideas indirectly

• authors are lazy

• authors don't think about readers

A VALID INFERENCE is...

• wild guess

• never supported

• supported with evidence

• is hard to find

An INFERENCE is...

• logical conclusion

• guess based on evidence

• Both

In your daily life, you can make inferences about people by observing their behavior.

• true

• false

Which of these will most help you infer someone's personality?

• their clothes

• their words

• their actions

• their family

Many times, you can infer when someone around you is having a bad day.

• true

• false

It can be inferred that the people are carrying something.

• true

• false

It can be inferred that the 2 people are married.

• valid

• not enough evidence