Reading STAAR Vocabulary _ inference skills

What does infer mean? 

• use a dictionary to find the answer
• make a guess based on what you read 
• note what you know
• play with your dog

What is true of factual questions? 

• The answer is right there in the text
• The answer is not in the passage. You have to infer.

What is true of think and seek questions? 

• The answer is right there in the text
• The answer is not in the passage. You have to infer.

What can you infer about the following:

The little boy looked sheepishly down at the ground. His mom clenched her teeth together. She couldn't believe what he had just done!

• He has created a beautiful painting for her.

• He has eaten the pie she baked for dessert.

• He smiled at her and said, "I love you, mama."

• He ate his lunch of peanut butter and jelly.

The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic (persuade, inform, entertain)

• main idea

• summary

• author's purpose

• effect

the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about

• cause

• main idea

• setting

• theme

a brief statement or account of the main points of something

• summary

• mood

• author's purpose

• tone

life lesson, meaning, or moral of a story or a poem

• effect

• main idea

• mood

• theme

the emotions that you (the reader) feel while you are reading

• infer

• cause

• mood

• tone

the way the author expresses his attitude through his writing

• tone

• cause

• mood

• theme