Making Inferences
This is an educated guess based on clues and prior knowledge.
What is an inference?
A decision made after examining all details.
What is a conclusion?
The three main purposes of writing are to inform, persuade, and ______.
What is to entertain?
This theory rejects the idea that meaning exists only in the text itself.
What is reader’s response?
It is any piece of writing that describes the application, purpose, creation, or architecture of a product or service.
What is technical documentation?
Your knowledge + clues in the text = this
What is an inference?
The phone is at 1%, so it will shut down soon.” This statement represents which process?
What is drawing a conclusion?
Textbooks mainly serve which purpose?
What is to inform?
Connecting something being read to a personal experience
What is personal reflection?
A document that is grammatically correct but confusing fails in which key area?
What is readability?
Which type may rely on assumptions about people’s actions
What is reason-based inference?
To draw an accurate conclusion, a reader must look for these—the specific facts, examples, and details provided by the author.
What is evidence?
Which author's purpose dominates when action is encouraged?
What is to persuade?
When a reader questions a character’s decision and proposes alternatives, which response type is used?
What is engagement or critical analysis?
A document includes all necessary details but is overly long and repetitive. Which principle is violated?
What is conciseness?
Which inference type requires pattern consistency?
What is logical inference?
The main purpose of considering all details before concluding is to ensure this.
What is accuracy?
Emotional language signals what author's purpose?
What is to persuade?
Hope is a persistent weed/
What is metaphor?
If instructions are correct but difficult to follow step-by-step, which quality is lacking?
What is usability?
Which TWO elements must be combined to form a valid inference?
What are prior knowledge and textual clues?
A conclusion is considered "invalid" if it is based on personal prejudice or a "leap in logic" rather than this.
What is evidence?
What is to entertain?
The mournful sough of the winter wind through the bare branches set off like a soft, continuous moan.
What is onomatopoeia?
Identify TWO evaluation criteria violated:
A manual uses inconsistent terms and unexplained jargon.
What are clarity and audience appropriateness?