INFERRING, TEXTUAL SUPPORT, THEME, AND AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

INFERRING AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO INFER  Definition: To use clues from the text and your own knowledge on the topic to figure out what the author is trying to say  Putting the pieces together  Background Information and Clues from the Text Different ways to infer: 1.Connections + Clues 2.Schema + Clues 3.Mental Images + Clues

INFERENCE A good reader should be able to respond to the text by:  Thinking of historical context  Asking questions  Looking at the facts in the text

TEXTUAL SUPPORT: EXPLICIT VS. IMPLICIT  Explicit writing: When the text is fully and clearly explained  Explicit messages are clear and can be found immediately.  Implicit writing: unspoken, hidden, or inferred ideas from the text. It is the opposite of explicit.  Implicit messages are more difficult to find and are less obvious in the text (inference is used here).

FINDING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE Strategies to find textual evidence:  Take notes or do different activities  Do research and add quotes  Quotes from the story, not facts or statistics  Use the quotes as evidence to support your writing  MLA Citation for citing notes

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH TEXT  Visualize  Picture your text, make a connection through the visualization and use your five senses.  Connect  Connect with personal experiences, other things that relate to the topic, and facts or information that you already know  React  Describe how the text makes you feel  Retell  Summarize what you have read by putting it into your own words

THEME  Definition: The lesson you should learn from the story; the author’s message.  The theme is inferred, it’s not explicit.  Themes are bigger than the story!

CHARACTERS’ ACTIONS AND MOTIVES  Analyze different characters’ actions and motives to support your idea of the theme of the story.  Think of what you can infer.

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE Why did the author write the story?  To persuade  Opinions, like/dislike  To inform  Data, graphs, research  To entertain  Jokes/humor, dialogue, figurative language  To give historical reference  Dates, timelines, old pictures

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