Inference and Prediction
Inference and prediction skills are among the most difficult to master because they require readers to understand the deeper meanings of a text. The key to both inference and prediction is to use the context of the written piece and common sense to figure out the unstated meanings. To make a correct inference a reader must figure out the deeper meaning of a scene by looking at the facts given in the text and using his common sense about what meaning those facts would support in a similar situation.