Inference Task Cards

Match the term to the correct meaning.

• Respond to the question being asked by restating the question.

• Explain

• Use a detail or example from the text to support your response.

• Answer

• Make the connection between the response and the evidence.

• Cite

Which word best describes the narrator’s

opinion toward man?

• Unproductive

• Visionless

• Self-important

• Uncreative

The narrator’s description of Mars suggests it

is-

• a possible place for human settlement

• more like earth then people think

• out of time and the planet is dying

• impossible to think there was no life

Short Answer: What is the author’s primary

purpose? Support your response with evidence from the text.

The author’s examples suggest that-

• teens on social media are often judged out of

  context

• friends are not the same and therefore hard to

  reach as one group

• speaking to an unknown audience affects how

  teens portray themselves

• audiences are unpredictable so we should just

  imagine our audience

Which quote best conveys the author’s message?

• focus on how those intended viewers are likely

  to respond

• the imagined audience defines the social

  context

• people must attempt to resolve context

  collapses

• actively define the context in which they’re

  operating

Short Answer: What is the main idea of the

excerpt? Support your response with evidence from the text.