making inferences. what is an inference? inference – a conclusion made based on evidence and...
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Making Inferences
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What is an Inference?
•Inference – A conclusion made based on evidence and reasoning.
•Evidence + Reasoning = Inference
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Let’s make an inference
• Evidence: There is a man at the front of the class dressed in a button down shirt.
• Reasoning: I know that teachers usually wear button down shirts and stand in front of the class.
• Inference: The man standing in front of the class must be a teacher.
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Inferences in Literature
• Evidence: The lady in the story makes the boy wash his dirty face.
• Reasoning: I know that Langston Hughes wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, when African American artists were calling for a cultural rebirth
• Inference: Langston Hughes uses the cleaning of the boy’s face to symbolize the rebirth that he is calling for in African America Culture.14338
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Using Evidence From the Text
•When we make inferences in literary study we need to support them with textual evidence.
• Textual evidence- Specific passages and details from the text that are used to support our ideas and inferences.