INFERENCE Character

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INFERENCECharacter

• P. 73 An intelligent guess based on evidence
• P. 76 Characters are the people in stories,
  movies, or plays. When you make an inference
  about a character, you make an intelligent guess
  about what this character is like on the basis of
  evidence.

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Inference, cont.Character

• P. 83 When you make an inference about a
  characters feelings, you make an intelligent
  guess about the persons emotions on the basis of
  evidence in the story.
• This evidence may include gestures, facial
  expressions, actions and reactions, and
  statements a character makesor the way in which
  he/she makes them.

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Inference, cont.Plot

• P. 86 Realistic details are drawn from real
  life.
• Fantastic details are unreal or highly unusual
  and difficult to explain.

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Inference, cont.Plot

• P. 88 When you make inferences about past
  actions and events, you make intelligent guesses
  (based on evidence) about what has happened in
  the past.

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Inference, cont.Plot

• P. 91 When you make inferences about future
  actions and events, you make intelligent guesses
  (based on evidence) about what will happen in the
  future.

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Inference, cont.Setting

• When you make an inference about time, you make
  an intelligent guess about when events occur
• Time of day (morning, afternoon, evening)
• Time of year (spring, summer, fall, etc)
• Time period (present, past, future, 1800s, etc)

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Inference, cont.Setting

• P. 97 When you make an inference about place,
  you make an intelligent guess (based on evidence)
  about where the events occur.

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Inference, cont.Mood

• P. 99 The mood of a selection is the impression
  it creates and the emotions it arouses in
  readersyou often have to make inferences about
  mood based on the details of a passage
• From a story containing a description of
  darkening clouds and an approaching storm, you
  would infer a mood of dread and fear.

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Inference, cont.Tone

• P. 101 Tone is the authors attitude or feeling
  toward what he or she has written or said
• Humorous, solemn, serious or lightheartedetc.
• You infer tone by looking carefully at the
  authors choice of words and details and by
  determining the authors purpose (to inform, to
  persuade, or to entertain/amuse)

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Inference, cont.Valid Inferences

• P. 105 An inference is an intelligent guess
  based on evidencethe more EVIDENCE you use to
  make your inference, the more likely it is that
  your inference will be valid.