Language Art Review Inferences

What does Inference mean?

• finding details in a story
• Use clues and what you already know to come up with an idea
• Giving a reason for your answer
• Using what I know

Mr. Jones finished his breakfast and said good bye to his family.  He grabbed his briefcase and headed out the door.
What most likely is going to happen next?

• Mr. Jones is going to work.
• Mr. Jones is coming home from work.
• Mr. Jones is buying a piano. 
• Mr. Jones will make pancakes. 

Which sentence suggests that Joanna rode her bike to school?

• Joannaʼs hair was a little messy when she got to school.
• Joanna crossed three streets on her way to school.
• Joanna went four blocks on her way to school.
• Joanna had to put her helmet inside the classroom closet.

As I walked in the door, I was amazed at the beautiful colors and smells. I knew it would be hard to decide what I would buy with my $3. The chocolate truffles looked delicious, but they were expensive. The jelly beans were not only cheaper, but so colorful! With so much to choose from, I knew I would be here a long time. Where am I?

• Gas station
• Candy store
• Grocery store
• Shoe store

Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California." What is happening?

• Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.
• Tim is taking a trip to visit peolpe he doesn't know.
• Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.
• Tim is moving to California with his family.

The process of reaching a conclusion based on details in the text and your own background knowledge.

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• Inference

• Details

• Evidence

Facts, examples, and other pieces of information directly stated in a text.

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Facts, details, quotes, or other pieces of information used to support a claim, point, or an idea.

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• Inference

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Things that an author uses to represent an idea or a group of things.

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Read the following inference about the passage from "Time Travel."

Leola’s connection to the past causes others to respect her.

Click on the part of the passage text below that best supports this inference.

• 10 “That’s my husband, Walter,” she fairly beamed. “He’s gone now, but we ran that little store for thirty years before they tore down the whole block to put up this building.

• 10 They used to call them mom-and-pop stores. We were the mom and the pop,” she chuckled.

• 11 “How long ago was that?” whispered Shawn. The room seemed like a shrine, and without thinking, he had lowered his voice.

• 12 “Oh, this building’s been here almost twenty years now. When they tore down the store, Walter had to stop working.

• 12 Retirement didn’t seem to work for him. But I stayed busy helping my son.