INFERENCES
Textual Evidence
What is what the text says? The clues?
What is a narrator?
The author or story-teller.
What is a Thesis Statement?
What is the main idea of a paper that has three main points?
In this essay, you make a claim and use evidence and reasoning to support your claim.
What is Argumentative?
Mr. Chapin's favorite color.
What is Blue?
Textual evidence+background knowledge =Inference
True or False?
True!
Define Main Idea.
What is the most important thought about the topic?
When writing a narrative, what are the three different points of view?
What is 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
In this type of writing, information is reported with no opinion or bias.
What is expository or informational writing?
Mr. Chapin is from this state.
What is Washington?
Define Inference
What is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning?
Define: Character motivations
What is why a character does something?
Define what compare means and what contrast means.
To contrast something is to look for differences among two or more elements, butcompare is to do the opposite, to look for similarities.
In this part of an essay, you place the topic sentences.
What is the body?
The name of Mr. Chapin's favorite soccer team.
What is Arsenal?
Inferences allow readers to understand deeper meaning. What is an example of deeper meaning?
What is the Main Idea, Author's Voice, etc.
What are two of the four ways that a reader can interpret or find out information about a character? Either through the characters: Hint: A__________ T__________ D__________ I___________
What is Actions, Thoughts, Dialogue, Interactions.
Define Counterargument.
A counter-argument is an argument opposed to your thesis, or part of your thesis. It expresses the view of a person who disagrees with your position.
This part of the essay leaves a reader with a lasting thought. It is found in the last paragraph.
What is the Call to Action?
The place Ms. Shaw visited this summer
What is Ecuador?
Make an Inference about Merab: Merab is smiling as she looks at her cake glowing with candles and all of her wrapped presents.
What is Merab is happy, because it is her birthday?
In the butterfly story, what do you believe is the message the author is trying to get across to their audience. Use evidence to support your answer.
Struggle (answer varies)
On the board, draw the Plot pyramid and label all 5 parts. Include the "fancy name" for the last part of the pyramid.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Define 2 of the 3: Thesis, Hook, and Topic Sentences
Thesis: a summary of the argument you'll make in the rest of your paper.
Hook: Serves as an introduction and works to grab the reader's attention.
Topic Sentence: A sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs.
The country Mr. Perry is from.
What is Wales?