Text Evidence & Inferences

Explicit means ___.

• what happens objectively in a text

• an educated guess from a text

• the beginning section of a text

• the reader's expectations of a text

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

To make an inference, you need to ___.

• read the whole story

• look for what the text says explicity

• make an educated guess about the text

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

True or false: Paraphrasing is the same thing as providing direct evidence.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

True or false: Whenever you give direct text evidence, you need to cite your source.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which piece of text evidence from "The Highwayman" best supports that Bess would do anything for the man she loved?

• "Bess the landlord's daughter / Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair" (Noyes 84-85).

• "Back he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky" (Noyes 71).

• "Her musket shattered the moonlight / ...and warned him -- with her death" (Noyes 64-65).

• "She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good!" (Noyes 46).

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

We can infer that the person who told King George's men about the highwayman and Bess was ___.

• highwayman

• Bess

• Tim

• the landlord

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

Based on the following evidence from "Seventh Grade," what can we infer about the setting of the story?

"He thought some day he might travel to France, where it was cool; not like Fresno, where summer days reached 110 degrees in the shade" (Soto 36).

• it's set in Fresno

• it's set in Fresno and France

• Victor wants to go to France

• Victor doesn't like the heat

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What can we infer about why Victor's friend, Michael started scowling?

• Michael wants girls to like him

• Michael is having a tough time at home

• Michael struggles in school

• Michael is mad at Victor because Teresa likes him better

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Citations come ___.

• after direct evidence

• before direct evidence

• after you paraphrase

• before your paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or false: it is possible for different people to make different valid inferences about a text.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1