Inferences

S0741011 王沛錡 PEGGY

S0741013 廖宣筑 LILY
S0741035 林昕瑜 BETTY
 What Is
Inference?
 Summary
Making inferences
Reading Literature Speech
1. Available information 1. State directly 1. Simile
2. Background 2. Verbal pictures 2. Metaphor
information and
experience
3. Alternatives

Drawing conclusions
Ｑ：
You drive into a small town that has two diners. There
are two cars at one diner and many cars at the other.
Which diner may have better food and prices?

Ａ：
The diner with many cars may be the better choice.
Check Your Understanding Page.297

√ 1. The boys enjoys reading.

___
___ 2. The boy is doing his homework.
√ 3. The man must watch a great
___
deal of television.
___ 4. The father cannot read.
___ 5. The father prefers a good novel
to watching TV .
Practice 1
3. Inside a car with an out-of-state license are several
maps ,suitcases ,and bags of snacks.
___ A. The driver of the car is on vacation.
___ B. The driver of the car is on a business trip.
___ C. The driver of the car has children.
___ D. The driver of the car is on a trip of some kind .
√
Inferences In Reading
logic
clues
inferences

experience
Guidelines For Making Inferences In Reading

page 300

1. Available information
2. Background information
experience
3. Alternatives
 Inferences In Literature
Writers of factual material state directly

Creative writers provide verbal pictures

When It Comes To Mythology
What words can describe Hera?

Jealous Merciful
Capricious
 A Note On Figures Of Speech
page 308

Simile Metaphor

A stated comparison An implied comparison

like or as like or as omitted
Practice 4
B 1. His friendship is as genuine
___
as a plastic Christmas tree.
√ _ simile ___ metaphor
You can infer that the friendship
is
A. Easy to maintain
B. Fake and cheap
C. Seasonal and glittery
C 4. Everyone at work thinks that
___
Jasmine is a real gem.
___ simile √ metaphor
___
You can infer that Jasmine is
A. disliked and unfriendly
B. shy and quiet
C. admired and valued
Inferences In Graphs And Tables
The graphs and tables are used to show
comparisons and changes that take place over
time.
 Practice 6 page. 314, 315
____ 1. Most jobs which require short-term training pay about the
same as those which require associate’s degrees.
√ 2. In general, as the education requirement of a job rise, so
____
does the pay.
____ 3. There will be almost no need in the years ahead for new
teachers and teaching assistants in Unite States classrooms.
 Practice 6
____ 4. Employment growth for retail salespeople is greater
than that of security guards.
√ 5. Registered nursing pays well yet requires less
____
education than other high-paying jobs.
√ 6. There will be many opportunities in the years ahead in
____
the computer, health, education, and food service areas.
 Practice page. 330

√
___1. It would offend Krents if people were to use the word
“blind” in reference to him.
√
___2. The airline's code for a blind passenger was “76.”
___3. It is better to whisper to blind people than to speak to
them loudly.
√
___4. Krents prefers that people speak to him in a normal tone of
voice.
___5.
√ Sighted persons are sometimes uncomfortable directing
conversation toward a blind person.
___6.
√ Krents's wife is not blind.
___7. Blindness seems to harm a person's intelligence.
___8. Some employers are biased against blind workers.
___9. Harvard is apparently biased against blind students.
___10.
√ Krents speaks frankly about his blindness.
Thank you~