Inferring | Reading Strategy

Inferring is a reading strategy where people use their prior knowledge to figure something that is not stated.

To infer people start with trying to identify the image/sentence. For example, if someone is trying to infer things about this image:


First, people start with using their prior knowledge. For example, someone might know that this image has a chameleon in it. They also might know that chameleons shoot their tongues to catch and hunt their prey.

If people know that then they can make an inference like this: I infer that the chameleon is hunting its prey.

LI: To infer information that is not stated.

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