The meaning of an unfamiliar word guessed from the description of a situation.
What is Inference?
Tumultuous in: The monkey’s tumultuous chatter made me wish I had earplugs.
What is Noisy?
Sally arrives at home at 4:30 and knows that her mother does not get off of work until 5. Sally also sees that the lights are off in their house.
What is Sally can infer that her mother is not yet home?
Inference is a type of this..
Context Clue
Complicated in: The relationship between the native people and the new government was complicated. Sometimes they got along and everyone was happy with the outcome. Other times, there were disagreements, arguments and fights.
What is Confusing?
Norman sees cookie crumbs on the floor and chocolate around his son's mouth.
What is Norman can infer that his son ate a cookie?