Text Evidence and Inference

Cite several pieces of _______ from a text.

• Inferences

• Cite

• Evidence

• Central (Main) Idea

You also need to make _____ based on the text.

• Cite

• Paraphrasing

• Inferences

• Central (Main) Idea

(you may be asked to infer, this is the same thing but in verb form) - using what you read and what you know to make a conclusion.

• Cite

• Paraphasing

• Reference

• Inferences

When you analyze a text, you sometimes look at what the text says ________, or directly.

• Inference

• Cite

• Explicitly

• Analyze

Read the following excerpt and answer the question. What can you infer about the place they are living?

• it is bright and colorful

• it is dull and uncared for

• it is happy and clean

• it is brand new

Read the following excerpt and answer the question. Which of the following would be considered explicit textual evidence?

• Michael and Toby were cold

• "...the sky looked gray and dirty"

• Michael was trying to sleep

• Toby is Michael's brother

Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well.

Which evidence best supports that the place Michael, Toby and Jacko are living is dull and uncared for?

• "...Toby was awake as well."

• "...cracked glass of the curtainless window..."

• "Michael woke up with a start."

• "A shouting of voices."

Read the following novel excerpt and answer the question. Based on the text, what can you infer about Emily?

• She is ready to party on the beach

• She is on vacation

• She wants to be left alone

• She wants to go swimming

Read the following novel excerpt and answer the question. It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the human speckled horizon bright and keen. She hadn't meant to come down onto the busy beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the crowded street, till she could walk home from her school in peace without any nosy bystanders staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down. Which textual evidence best describes Emily's thoughts and feelings?

• "... sea eagle that called Emily..."

• "... till she could walk home from school in peace..."

• "... its broad wings dusty..."

• "... the bird seemed to urge her to come down."

Read the following excerpt and answer the question. Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well. With whom is Michael Living?

• Jacko and Toby

• The Jonas Brothers

• Michael and Toby

• Jacko and Michael