The document discusses the concept of inferring, which is using clues in a text to come to a conclusion that is not explicitly stated. It provides examples of different types of inferences one can make such as about emotions, locations, characters, actions, time/era, causes and effects. Making inferences involves identifying textual clues and connecting them with one's background knowledge to draw inferences. The document also provides questions to help guide making different types of inferences.

1. Inferring

2. What does it mean to infer? Inferring is using the clues in a text to come to a conclusion or understanding about something that isn’t specifically stated. I can infer who committed the crime after I have examined all the clues.

3. What is an inference? Textual Clues + Connection / Background ___________________________________________________________ Inference

4. Emotion Inference How does he/she feel? How do you know? Location Inference Where is this? How do you know? Character(istic) Inference What is he/she/this like? How do you know? Action Inference What is happening? How do you know? Object Inference What is it? How do you know? Time/Era Inference What time of day is it? What season/year is it? What era is it? How do you know? Category inference What group do they belong in? How do you know? Inferring Questions Occupation inference What job/role does he/she have? How do you know? Cause and Effect inference What caused this to happen? How do you know? Literary inference What do you know from the simile, metaphor, irony, etc? What allusion did you make? How do you know? Author’s Motive inference What do you know about the reason(s) the author wrote this text? How does the author feel about the topic? How do you know? Cultural Inference What do you know about the culture, customs, and so on, in this text? How do you know? Vocabulary Inference What does this word mean? How do you know?

5. What is happening? How do you know? What season is it? How do you know?

7. Action Inference Time/Era Inference What is happening? How do you know? What time of day it is? What season/year is it? What era is it? How do you know? Actions Symbols Weather Location Technology Tools Clothing Events Occupation Buildings Other Other

8. What caused this to happen? How do you know? Where does this take place? How do you know?

10. Location Inference Emotion Inference Where is this? How do you know? How does he/she feel? How do you know? Geography Expression Gesture Landforms Words Activities Thoughts Landmarks Actions Location Buildings Other Other

11. What era is it? How do you know? Where does this take place? How do you know?

13. Location Inference Time/Era Inference Where is this? How do you know? What time of day it is? What season/year is it? What era is it? How do you know? Geography Actions Weather Landforms Activities Technology Clothing Landmarks Events Buildings Buildings Other Other

14. What caused this to happen? How do you know? Where does this take place? How do you know?

16. Location Inference Cause and Effect Inference Where is this? How do you know? What caused this to happen? What effect did this have? How do you know? Geography Result Landforms Actions Activities Language Change Landmarks Order Buildings Relationship Other Other

17. What caused this to happen? How do you know? Where does this take place? How do you know?

18. “ ‘Ouch!’ It happened so fast. The road was awfully slick. All of a sudden, his leash became taut (tight). Before I knew it, I was flying through the air!”

19. Location Inference Cause and Effect Inference Where is this? How do you know? What caused this to happen? What effect did this have? How do you know? Geography Result Landforms Actions Activities Language Change Landmarks Order Buildings Relationship Other Other