MAKING

INFEREN
CES GROUP 7
Nila Permatasari 19640035
Syifa’ Indana 19640036
Dinan Hafizh Jati P 19640043
Bagus Salam Hamdani 19640050
Nindia Dwi Pusvitasari 19640061
Introduction
Definition

Purpose
 Definition
An inference is an idea or conclusion
that’s drawn from evidence and reason.
An inference is an educated guess.
Sometimes the topic of a text may not
be stated anywhere directly. You must
look for clues and try to guess what the
passage about. This is called making an
inference.
Purpose
The purpose of making inferences
is to provide opportunities and
information to readers in order to
quickly find out what the final
result is obtained from a reading.
Did You Know To
Make Inferences?
Make an Inference in 5 Easy
Steps
1. Identify an Inference Question
Key words in questions: suggest, imply, infer…
e.g. The author seems to imply that…
2. Trust the Passage
Let go of your prejudices and prior knowledge and use the
passage to prove your inference.
3. Hunt for Clues
Start hunting for clues—supporting details, vocabulary,
character's actions, descriptions, dialogue, and more—to
prove your inferences.
4. Narrow Your Choices
Be sure to pick the best evidence to support your inference.
You want evidence that explicitly supports your inference.
5. Practice
To get really good at making inferences, you'll need to
practice making inferences!
Simple Example Making
Inferences in Our Daily Live

If the teacher writes You infer that it’s

information on the important that you may
board during a need later (so you will
lesson… write it in your
copybook

If your mom tells you You infer that it will

to carry an umbrella possibly rain
APPLICATION

Example Of Specific Text

and Analyses
The body that impacted Earth at the end of the Cretaceous
period was a meteorite with a mass of more than a trillion tons
and a diameter of at least 10 kilometers. Scientists first
identified this impact in 1980 from the worldwide layer of
sediment deposited from the dust cloud that enveloped the
planet after the impact. This sediment layer is enriched in the
rare metal iridium and other elements that are relatively
abundant in a meteorite but very rare in the crust of Earth.
Even diluted by the terrestrial material excavated from the
crater, this component of meteorites is easily identified. By
1990 geologists had located the impact site itself in the Yucatán
region of Mexico. The crater, now deeply buried in sediment,
was originally about 200 kilometers in diameter.
Question: Which of the following can be
inferred from the paragraph about the
location of the meteorite impact in
Mexico?
A. The location of the impact site in Mexico was
kept secret by geologists from 1980 to 1990.
B. It was a well-known fact that the impact had
occurred in the Yucatán region.
C. Geologists knew that there had been an impact
before they knew where it had occurred.
D. The Yucatán region was chosen by geologists as
the most probable impact site because of its
climate.
[C] is the correct answer.

A. There’s no mention of the geologists keeping this

event a secret, so we can eliminate A.
B. The Yucatan wasn’t discovered as being the
location until later in the passage, meaning it
wasn’t well-known, so we can eliminate B.
C. Choice C is the best choice, as we see from our
notes under the main ideas, the collision
occurred in 1980 and geologists didn’t locate the
area until 1990.
D. Climate isn’t named as a factor in the discovery, so
answer choice D can also be eliminated.
X Y
Z
Clues in the
book
Your own
thinking
Inference!

X
 CONCLUSIO
CONCLUSION
N
In order to infer meaning, readers must
combine the information that the author has
written with their own experiences. Inferences
are what the author implies or suggests. The
author wants the reader, to make the jump to
the same conclusion the author has made.
When the author implies something, the reader
has to infer.
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