Feb10 Summary (CRCB C7, Inference)

This chapter explaining to fully understand a reading assignment, In order to fully understand a reading assignment, one need to read the material and combine what is stated with the additional information you generate using inference as a tool.

Inference is the process of thinking making assumptions and drawing conclusions about information. What we see, what we read, when an author’s opinions or ideas that are directly or indirectly implied in a reading stated materials.
Inference is a skill you practice every day, inferring meaning from textbooks and other college reading material requires you to use specific strategies such as detecting an author’s bias, nothing comparisons, and recognizing information gaps.

You also need to understand how an author’s purpose, tone, and use of key words and emotive language can be used as clues to his or her implied main idea.