The document discusses how to make inferences from images by using clues in the pictures and background knowledge. It provides examples of inferring characters, settings, and plots from images of people in rain boots near puddles, a beach scene, and people competing in a track meet. The document emphasizes that making inferences is an important skill and provides credits for the licensed stock images used.

1. Using Images to
Make Inferences
Erin Krell
EDU 653
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2. How Do I Infer?
• Use clues from an image
• Use clues from the text
• Use what you know to draw conclusions from the clues
Picture by Leo Reynolds on Flickr

3. Using Pictures to Infer
• Looking at pictures can help us come to a conclusion about
what is happening
For example:
By looking at the image a person can
infer that it is raining or is about to rain
based on the clues in the picture
• Rain boots
• Umbrellas
• Wet pavement
• Rain coats
Picture by Emll Pakarlls on Flickr

4. What Do You See?
What can you conclude based
on the clues in the picture and
what you already know?
Picture by Sewanee: The University of the South on Flickr

5. What Do You See?
What can you conclude based on the
clues in the picture and what you
already know?
Picture by Sean Dreilinger on Flickr

6. Making Inferences About Story
Elements
• We can also make inferences to
help us make decisions about story
elements
– Characters
– Setting
– Plot
Picture by North Carolina’s Digital Heritage Center on Flickr
Based on the clues from the picture and what we already
know we can determine the following:
Characters – Teacher and students
Setting – Library
Plot – Students listening to their teacher reading a story

7. Making Inferences About
Characters
• Characters are who the story is
about
• We can make inferences about
characters based on what we see
or read
• For example using the clues and
what I know I can determine that
the main characters in this picture
are the jockey and his horse
Picture by Ogiyoshisan on Flickr

8. Making Inferences About Characters
Use what you know to
determine information
about the character in
this picture
Picture by Jeff Moriarty on Flickr

9. Making Inferences About Settings
• The setting is where something
takes place
• We can infer where something
takes place based on what we see
or read
• For example using the clues and
what I know I can determine that
this picture was taken on a beach
on a warm day
Picture by Chris Betcher on Flickr

10. Making Inferences About Settings
Use what you know to
determine the setting of
this picture
Picture by Dolan Halbrook on Flickr

11. Making Inferences About Plot
• The plot is the events that take
place within a story
• We can infer parts of the plot
based on what we see or read
• For example using the clues and
what I already know I can
determine that the characters in
this setting are competing against
each other at a track meet
Picture by Sangudo on Flickr

12. Making Inferences About Plot
Use what you know to
determine the plot of this
picture
Picture by Axel Taferner on Flickr

13. Making Inferences of Story Elements
What can you
determine about the
characters, setting, and
plot in this picture?
Picture by Laurie Sullivan on Flickr

14. Making Inferences of Story Elements
What can you
determine about the
characters, setting, and
plot in this picture?
Picture by Dolan Halbrook on Flickr

15. Making Inferences of Story Elements
What can you
determine about the
characters, setting, and
plot in this picture?
Picture by George on Flickr

16. Now you know the how to
make inferences and how
important it is to be able to
identify them.
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17. Credits
• “Blizzard” by Axel Taferner is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• “Doing the Needful” by Dolan Halbrook is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• “DSC00464” by Laurie Sullivan is licensed under CC BY 2.0
• “DSC_1668” by Chris Betcher is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
• “Fireworks on the Willamette River- _MG_8698” by Sean Dreilinger is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• “Football Scrimmage” by Sewanee: The University of the South is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• “Funny Marathon Signs- Zombies Are Hungry!” by Jeff Moriarty is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
• “Loomis Brothers Circus” by George is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• “More Fun in the Rain” by Emil Pakarklis is licensed under CC BY-2.0
• “Question Mark” by Leo Reynolds is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• “Story Time, Wilson County Public Library, 1947” by North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
• “ライアン・ムーア/ Ryan Moore - Kyoto Racecourse” by Ogiyoshisan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
• “2010 Last Chance Meet” by Sangudo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
• “20121229-PC290110” by Dolan Halbrook is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0