Inferring Informational Text

When addressing "inferring within a text" questions, one writes/talks about cohesion. What does cohesion mean related to informational text(s)?

• how there are many main ideas

• how the author uses text structures

• how the author's tone is present

• how all the information fits together

To read between the lines or to conclude information from evidence instead of from exact statements.

• Determine

• Distinguish

• Infer

• Propose

Details that support the main idea.

• Central Message

• Supporting Details

• Text Idea

Text that provides the reader with factual information

• Literary text

• Fictional text

• Supporting text

• Informational text

In training to be a knight, a boy was expected to study hard and learn good manners. He was taught to play musical instruments, sing and recite poetry. He also studied reading, writing, geometry and strategy games. Another knight would then teach the boy to shoot a bow and arrow, fight with a sword and ride a horse.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• All boys wanted to become knights.

• Knights were loyal to the king.

• Knights were taught many important things.

• Knights just liked to play and have fun.

Millions of acres of tropical rainforest have been destroyed. Many animals and people lose their homes when the rain forest is cut down. Today, people are destroying the forests so quickly that animals are unable to adapt. Many animals, such as the leopard, need miles and miles of untouched rain forest in order to live.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Rainforest destruction is hurting animals that live there.

• Rainforest is being destroyed by animals.

• Destruction of rainforests is slowing down.

• Rainforests need to be destroyed.

Millions of acres of tropical rainforest have been destroyed. Many animals and people lose their homes when the rain forest is cut down. Today, people are destroying the forests so quickly that animals are unable to adapt. Many animals, such as the leopard, need miles and miles of untouched rain forest in order to live.

From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• Rainforest destruction is hurting animals that live there.

• Rainforest is being destroyed by animals.

• Destruction of rainforests is slowing down.

• Rainforests need to be destroyed.

In training to be a knight, a boy was expected to study hard and learn good manners. He was taught to play musical instruments, sing and recite poetry. He also studied reading, writing, geometry and strategy games. Another knight would then teach the boy to shoot a bow and arrow, fight with a sword and ride a horse. From this paragraph, you can infer that:

• All boys wanted to become knights.

• Knights were loyal to the king.

• Knights were taught many important things.

• Knights just liked to play and have fun.

What inference about horses can the reader make based on the section "I See What You're Saying"?

• Horses can make a limited number of facial expressions.

• Horses become suspicious around unfamiliar people.

• • Horses can tell how people are feeling by looking at them.

• • Horses use a special sense to understand human moods.

Based on the passage above, it can be inferred that hummingbirds what?

• Prefer living in colder climates

• Typically don't live in colder climates

• Are a rare species of birds

• Are the smallest living species of birds