Inferences
Why make an inference?
What are the 4 parts of making the right conclusion?
Inferences in Literature
Vocabulary
100
What is a conclusion you draw that is based upon the stated information, the implied information, and your knowledge of the subject?
What is an inference?
100
What do writers rely on readers for?
What is to make inferences?
100
What should you focus on?
What are details?
100
Of the following what is a piece of literature? a) Billy Madison b) Romeo and Juliet c) Mean Girls
What is Romeo and Juliet (b)?
100
What is an individual feature, fact or item?
What is a detail?
200
When reading you make many ________.
What is inferences?
200
Passages that spell out everything would be ____________.
What is boring?
200
What does detail provide?
What are important clues?
200
What does poetry rely heavily on?
What is readers making inferences?
200
What is a judgment or decision reached by reasoning?
What is a conclusion?
300
What helps you figure out inferences?
What are questions?
300
Passages that spell out everything would deprive the reader of _________.
What is pleasure of figuring something out for themselves?
300
Make sure that nothing goes against ________.
What is your conclusion?
300
Making inferences will help you ____________ reading.
What is enjoy?
300
What is written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit?
What is literature?
400
To infer means to ________.
What is to read between the lines?
400
There is no pleasure in figuring out the _______.
What is mystery?
400
You shouldn't be bothered by _________.
What are stereotypes and prejudices?
400
Why do creative writers describe situations with specific details?
What is to allow readers to make conclusions?
400
What is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing?
What is stereotype?
500
Read the following: "For four amazing minutes on the ice, Sarah Hughes was astonishingly poised, executing seven flawless triple jumps. But afterward, the 16-year-old was girlishly nervous as she waited for the final scores. The television cameras caught Hughes and her coach, Robin Wagner, huddled on a bench in a barren room backstage when the judges made the final pronouncement. Wagner reacted first, screaming 'Oh my God!' and then hugging Hughes, who fell to the floor in shock. It was official. The teenager from Great Neck, NY, had beaten the world's best in one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history" (308). What can you conclude about Sarah Hughes?
What is she is an Olympic figure skater?
500
Why should you know how to make an inference?
What is writers rely on readers to be able to make inferences?
500
What can stereotypes and prejudices lead to?
What are readers to make generalizations?
500
What could you make inferences in?
What are magazine articles, books, poetry, and anything else you read?
500
What is preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience?
What is prejudice?
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