Inferences Inferences

Knowing something without Knowing something without being told. It can happen being told. It can happen

through actions, pictures, or through actions, pictures, or text. text.

Practice Practice

Using the text below, create five Using the text below, create five inferences. inferences.

““He put down $10 at the window. He put down $10 at the window. The person next to him gave $3, The person next to him gave $3, but he gave it back to her. So, but he gave it back to her. So, when they went inside, she when they went inside, she bought him a large bag of bought him a large bag of popcorn.”popcorn.”

What you could have What you could have inferred..inferred..

The word popcorn in the last sentence means The word popcorn in the last sentence means these two people are going to the movies these two people are going to the movies because you typically get popcorn at the movies. because you typically get popcorn at the movies. They also could be going to a play that serves They also could be going to a play that serves food, some type of sporting event, or some type food, some type of sporting event, or some type of indoor concert or fair.of indoor concert or fair.

All the money has to do with buying tickets. The All the money has to do with buying tickets. The guy puts down $10, and got $4 back. You could guy puts down $10, and got $4 back. You could infer that he’s trying to pay for himself and his infer that he’s trying to pay for himself and his date (the girl who tried to give him $3 but date (the girl who tried to give him $3 but instead bought popcorn) and that the tickets instead bought popcorn) and that the tickets cost around $3. Since the tickets are so cheap, cost around $3. Since the tickets are so cheap, you could infer that this scene is taking place a you could infer that this scene is taking place a long time ago or that the two people are seeing long time ago or that the two people are seeing a matinee. Also, you could infer that the a matinee. Also, you could infer that the popcorn probably costs around $3 because it popcorn probably costs around $3 because it makes sense that the girl would try to buy makes sense that the girl would try to buy something that roughly makes up for the ticket something that roughly makes up for the ticket price.price.

  

What you could have What you could have inferred…inferred…

Thinking the guy and girl are on a date makes sense Thinking the guy and girl are on a date makes sense because the guy seems to be buying the girl a ticket, because the guy seems to be buying the girl a ticket, something you do on a date. You can infer that he’s something you do on a date. You can infer that he’s buying a ticket because he’s handing money across a buying a ticket because he’s handing money across a “window”, an arrangement of sale you usually find at “window”, an arrangement of sale you usually find at movie theatres. You could also infer that this might be a movie theatres. You could also infer that this might be a first date because the girl attempts to go Dutch by giving first date because the girl attempts to go Dutch by giving the guy “$3”. When the guy won’t let her, she buys the the guy “$3”. When the guy won’t let her, she buys the popcorn and food instead. popcorn and food instead.

   As for what type of people these are, you could infer that As for what type of people these are, you could infer that

the guy is being nice because he won’t let the girl pay for the guy is being nice because he won’t let the girl pay for the ticket. In other words, he’s trying to be a gentleman. the ticket. In other words, he’s trying to be a gentleman. You could also infer that the woman on a date doesn’t You could also infer that the woman on a date doesn’t want to be too beholden to the guy so she buy’s the want to be too beholden to the guy so she buy’s the popcorn, perhaps because she knows the guy doesn’t popcorn, perhaps because she knows the guy doesn’t have that much money or perhaps because she doesn’t have that much money or perhaps because she doesn’t really like him and is worried about false impressions or really like him and is worried about false impressions or perhaps because she wants to seem independent and not perhaps because she wants to seem independent and not in need of a man. in need of a man. 

With your partner…With your partner…

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