It's interesting to think about articulating the difference.
I was thinking that predicting should draw on your background knowledge too,
but predictions are more focused on what will happen--information you'll find
out later--whereas inferences could also be about something in the text now,
that the author has only hinted about.
Natasha
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Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:24:00 -0400
From: "John Ferrara" <ocraf...@embarqmail.com>
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Predictions are based on what you think you might find out next in the text,
or what the text is about. They are generally made from the title, pictures,
words, etc. in the text and are done before you read or while you are
reading. Predictions will either be confirmed by the end of the text or they
won't be confirmed. You make predictions by questioning the story. What
could happen next?
An inference requires you to figure out something from clues provided in the
text PLUS your background knowledge. Inferences are made during reading.
Inferences are not proved in the text by the end of the piece. An inference
is a type of conclusion you must reach by using text clues and background
knowledge. You make inferences by questioning yourself...Why did the author
write this? How does the character feel? Why does the character feel this
way? What clues make me think this?
Does this help?
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