Inference and Context Clues OCHS English
Mar 31, 2015
Inference and Context Clues
OCHS English
Cartoon Context Clues
• What is “calligraphy?”
• What does this cartoon play off of for humor?
• There is a deeper message here about our society…what is it?
Cartoon #2• What is PETA and
Amnesty International? What are they likely to be based on this woman’s statement?
• What literary device is represented by this woman’s statement?
Inference
Why would the men be going in circles?
Inference: what does
equine mean?Why is this joke funny?
Is it?
Inference
What is the implicationhere?
What does implicationmean?
Context Clues
• What is hydrochloric acid?
• What does “deftly” mean?
• What is particularly funny about this joke?
Inference
Inference