Inferring and Context Clues

You have to pull your socks up if you want to improve on your test scores. The underlined means...

• wear your socks right

• hang your socks

• do better

• do nothing

The long suspension of classes caused students to be bored to tears. The underlined means...

• bored to cry

• bored to work

• very bored

• very active

She was so desperate for the slot that she was willing to give her right arm for it. The underlined means...

• do nothing

• help

• do everything

• do something dangerous

Her friends did not come to her aid as she burned bridges with them in the past. The underlined means...

• lost her way

• destroyed bridges

• forgot important events

• ended relationships

Using clues to figure out what is NOT directly stated in the text.

• summarize

• inferring

Using clues to help you understand unfamiliar words or phrases.

• context clues

• questioning

When inferring you have to do what?

• assume something that is not stated in the text.

• guess what will happen.

• just pick anything

• make connections

Using clues around a "tricky" word to figure out what it means is called?

• an inference

• using context clues

• predicting

• decoding

When you make a connection you...

• try to understand the passage.

• see a picture in my head

• form a link between what is happening in the text.

When writers do not state the way a character feels, the writer will include details that readers must use to make inferences or form opinions about how a character feels. When you make inferences, you use:

• Dictionaries and Wikipedia to locate answers.

• Your own imagination and ignore the text.

• Clues from the text, background knowledge, and experiences you've had.

• None of the above.