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A logical assumption made from combining prior knowledge with what you read
What is an inference?
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Information clearly stated in a reading or when the author tells the reader something directly.
What is explicit evidence?
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Relevant evidence is...
What is: information from the text that is related to the topic, central idea, and can be facts or opinions.
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What can you infer about how common London-made body part transplants are? "So far, only a handful of patients have received the London-made body parts, including tear ducts, blood vessels and windpipes."
What is: not very common because only a handful of patients have received the body part transplants.
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What the text, article, or story is about.
What is the topic?
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A careful reading of a text in an effort to better understand the author’s position and purpose.
What is an analysis, or to analyze a text?
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Ideas not directly stated, but implied by the author through supporting details and evidence.
What is implicit evidence?
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An unrelated fact. Something off-topic or information that does not support the central idea.
What is irrelevant?
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What can you infer from the following quote, given that we don't yet have flying cars? "Although it sounds like a futuristic fantasy straight out of The Jetsons, inventors have been designing flying cars since the early 20th century."
What is: flying cars must be difficult to create or build because although many have tried, none are really available.
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It is what the author wants you to know this about the topic.
What is the central idea?
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A reader can make a good inference by...
What is: by combining what you already know (background knowledge) with evidence or information from the text.
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Information used to support an analysis of a text—factual details make the best.
What is textual evidence?
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Sarah Hope's opinion is relevant evidence because... "Some scientists predict certain lab-made organs will soon cease to be experimental. "I'm convinced engineered organs are going to be on the market soon," said Sarah Hope, a professor of transplantation biology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden."
What is: she is an expert, or it is an expert opinion.
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What is an inference you can make from the following passage? "When Braeden Benedict was an eighth-grade football player, he watched a teammate get hit pretty hard on the field. The friend was shaken up, but he got up and back into the game. Later in the week, he developed headaches."
What is: the teammate might have head trauma, or a concussion.
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These hold up the author's central idea and represent the most important information.
What are supporting details?
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What inference can you make about Dr. Steven's reasons for creating lab-made organs? "Dr. Stevens hopes lab-made organs will one day be available for a few hundred dollars. Different sized noses could be manufactured so that surgeons could choose the size and then tailor it to their patients."
What is: he wants them to be affordable and available for a wide-variety of people, or he's not motivated by money, but just wants to help.
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What evidence suggests that many inventions are made by adapting existing technology? "Braeden used a shipping industry tool that measures how hard boxes are dropped, in case the contents get damaged. Braeden’s device is a thin, liquid-filled patch that attaches to the front of a helmet. When a player gets hit hard enough, the sensor measures the severity of the impact."
What is "Braeden used a shipping industry tool that measures how hard boxes are dropped?"
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What's the topic of this article that would make this evidence relevant? "And that’s a real issue. In 2009, almost a quarter million kids 19 and under showed up at emergency rooms with concussion-related injuries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And that’s just the kids who showed up."
What is: head injuries, or concussions in children.
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Based on the following text, why can you infer is different about Margot? "Margot stood apart from these children who could never remember a time when there wasn’t rain and rain and rain. They were all nine years old, and if there had been a day, seven years ago, when the sun came out for an hour and showed its face to the stunned world, they could not recall. Sometimes, at night, she heard them stir, in remembrance, and she knew they were dreaming and remembering an old or a yellow crayon or a coin large enough to buy the world with."
What is: she remembers the sun or can remember life without the constant rain.
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A brief restatement of the central idea and most important supporting details without personal opinions or beliefs.
What is an objective summary?
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What inference can you make about the upcoming popularity of wearable technology? "At Chaotic Moon Studios in Austin, Texas, developers and engineers are working on a product to compete with Google’s upcoming Google Glass — eyewear that can log onto the Internet. They’re also designing other wearable projects for several other customers of the mobile software firm, from applications to full-blown products. Chaotic Moon co-founder William “Whurley” Hurley said wearable technology will have as much of an impact as the smartphone revolution did a few years ago."
What is: it will soon be as popular as smartphones are today.
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What's the best evidence that England is very interested in growing their biological labs? "Britain has invested nearly $6.7 million to jump-start research in the London area. The country aims to attract companies to the area to foster collaboration and promote research and manufacturing. A major center for biological research will open in London next year."
What is "Britain has invested nearly $6.7 million to jump-start research?"
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This relevant evidence demonstrates that wearable technology is quickly growing... "Wearable technologies have long been a sideshow to mainstream laptop and smartphones, but this year Google’s glasses and rumors of Apple’s iWatch are popularizing the field. Analysts forecast swift growth. Last year the market for wearable technology — encompassing everything from hearing aids to wristband pedometers — totaled almost $9 billion. That should climb to $30 billion by 2018, said analyst Shane Walker at IHS Global Insights."
What is: the money totaled from sales will grown from $9 billion to almost $30 billion in just three years.
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What inference can you make about Braeden's childhood that might have influenced him? "Both his parents are engineers, so Braeden grew up making things. Once he’d figured out this device, he made a short video to explain the concept and entered it in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge."
What is: having parents who are engineers might inspire a kid to build things or maybe choose the same career.
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This sentence is the central idea.... (1) Never heard of the term “supercavitation”? (2)China announced that it’s making progress on a supersonic submarine that uses this technology, giving the underwater vessel the capability to travel at the speed of sound. (3) A sub that can reach a top speed of 3,600 mph could make it from Shanghai to San Francisco in 100 minutes. (4) Supercavitation technology works by surrounding an underwater vehicle such as a sub in an “air bubble” to cut down on water resistance against the surface area of the vessel. (5) For comparison, today’s fastest subs crawl through the surf at a mere 46 mph.
What is sentence #2?
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