How are Author's Purpose and Inference Related?

You can infer the author's purpose, vice versa

How Do You Make an Inference?

Use background knowledge and context clues

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What should you look for first when making an inference?

supporting details, vocabulary, descriptions, dialogue

What is author's purpose?

The reason an authors writes a text

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How are Author's Purpose and Inference Related?
Author's Purpose gives you context clues
They're not
Author's Infer to find their purpose
You can infer the author's purpose, vice versa
2
How Do You Make an Inference?
Use background knowledge and context clues
Process of elimination
You guess randomly
Using Prior Knowledge
3
What is the purpose...Leftover household pesticides should be placed in the regular trash.
Persuade
Describe
Inform
4
What are the types of author's purpose
entertain, persuade, reflect
entertain, inform, persuade
entertaim, inforn, persuade
Soothe, delight, inform
5
What Is Prior Knowledge?
Common Sense
All of the Above
Past Experiences
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When will you make inferences in the future?
Every day
What's an inference?
I will use them for investigations
I will make them on the GED and TSI exams
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What is PIE?
3.1415
Peace, Interest, Excellent
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Political cartoons and commentary are considered what type of writing...
satire
rhetoric
drama
comedy
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If Billy walks in with a lot of money in his wallet and a ticket, what can you infer about him?
He's a rich spoiled kid with a ticket to LA
He stole money and bought a ticket to the Bahamas
He robbed a bank
He won the lottery
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What should you look for first when making an inference?
supporting details, vocabulary, descriptions, dialogue
common sense
figurative language, descriptions, vocabulary
context clues and prior knowledge
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What is an inference?
An educated guess
Context Clues
Prior Knowledge
A way of writing
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Which Book was made to entertain?
Biography about a football player
Recipe Book
Comic
Novel
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Which of these examples are a correct example of an inference?
Random Circling on a test
Things you do everyday
lottery number guesses
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What is author's purpose?
Entertain, Inform, Reflect
The author's mindset
The reason an authors writes a text
A way of writing

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