Making Inferences
Characterization and Irony
100
To draw conclusions based on fact
What is an inference?
100
The author reveals the PERSONALITY of a character
What is characterization?
200
To suppose something to be fact
What is to assume?
200
_____ characterization TELLS the reader what the character's personality is. _____ characterization SHOWS things that reveal the character's personality.
What is direct; indirect?
300
To decide by reasoning
What is to conclude?
300
Contradiction between appearance and reality; between what is expected and what really happens
What is irony?
400
The reasonable conclusions a person can form based on the evidence provided
What is an inference?
400
STEAL (what does this stand for?)
What is: S- how does the character SPEAK? T- what does the character THINK? E- what EFFECT does the character have on others? A- ACTION (what the character does/behaves)? L- what does the character LOOK like?
500
An inference is... _____ + ______= inference
What is clues in the text and background knowledge?