Inference
How do you make an inference?
By using evidence from the text and background knowledge to create an educated guess.
We drove for hours along a desolate stretch of road. What does the word "desolate" mean?
answer choices
crowded
bumpy
deserted
dirt
deserted
List the 5 types of text structures (orgnizational patterns)
Compare and contrast
Problem and solution
Chronological/Sequence
Description
Cause & Effect
Search the dictionary for the word "quivering"
What does this mean?
Shaking
We closed our eyes, held our breath, and held on tight. "Here we go!" What can you reasonable infer from this sentence?
We were riding our bikes down a huge hill.
We were on a roller coaster.
We are driving on the freeway.
We just received our report cards.
We were on a roller coaster.
He felt that his role in the company was becoming more ambiguous. What does the word "ambiguous" mean?
answer choices
questionable
not expressed or understood clearly
uncertain
confusing
not expressed or understood clearly
Which type of text structure answers the questions what happened and why?
answer choices
Chronological
Cause & Effect
Problem & Solution
Compare/Contrast
Cause & effect
Search the dictionary for the word insurmountable
too great to be overcome.
There was a loud noise. Jenny jumped out of bed, looked out the window, and gasped. What is a reasonable inference from this sentence?
The alarm went off and it was time to get ready for school.
Jenny's phone was ringing.
There was a thunder storm outside.
Jenny is easily awakened.
There was a thunder storm outside.
Beth describes her meeting with her favorite singer as a transcendent moment that changed her life. What does "transcendent" mean?
answer choices
ordinary
something she does every day
surprising
exceptional
exceptional
Because toys have become electronic devices, some children today are unable to entertain themselves. Gone are the days when children invented their own adventures and used sticks as swords. cookie sheets as armor, and refrigerator box as a fortress to defend. The electronic age has delivered children all sorts of gadgets and gizmos that are supposed to be realistic. Some toys even have buttons to push so prerecorded messages can be played to begin scripted adventures that require no imagination. No imagination? No wonder some children today have short attention spans.
answer choices
description
cause and effect
chronological
problem and solution
cause and effect
Search the dictionary for the word "Abundant"
What does this mean?
Plentiful
Also in her speech, Michelle Obama says...
"That was Maya Angelou's reach. She touched me. She touched all of you. She touched people all across the globe, including a young white woman from Kansas who named her daughter after Maya, and raised her son to be the first black President of the United States. (Applause.)"
Who is she alluding to in this quote?
In late 2006, apiarists in the U.S. began reporting that their honey bees were dying. Some of these beekeepers lost 90 percent of their hives. What is the best definition of apiarists?
hives
problems
honeybees
beekeepers
beekeepers
It seemed like an ordinary day when she got up that morning, but Lynda was about to embark on the worst day of her life. First, she fell in the bathtub because her mother forgot to rinse out the bath oil. Then she spilled orange juice on the outfit she had spent hours putting together for school pictures. When she changed, she messed up the French braid her mother had put in her hair. As she walked out the door, she dropped all of her school books and her math homework flew away. Once she made it to the car she thought everything would be all right. She was wrong; her father didn't look before he backed out of the driveway and ran into the neighbor’s truck. Lynda’s side of the car was damaged the most, and she ended up with a broken arm. That night, she cried herself to sleep.
answer choices
description
cause and effect
Sequence
problem and solution
sequence
Search the word "insubordinate"
What is the definition
Not following rules.
The author begins the passage by saying, "You are a member of the phylum Chordata." You can conclude that:
The girls LANGUIDLY put on their jackets as if they had no energy at all.
Defiantly
Nonchalantly
Lazily
Energetically
Lazily
Grade inflation is the awarding of ever-higher grades for average work. For example, one study of high school grades revealed that the number of A's given had increased ten times over a forty-year period.
cause & effect
Search in the dictionary for the word "melancholy"
Use this word correctly in a sentence.
Answer may very.
Definition: sadness