steP 2 Review your results. Now you’re ready to make some inferences and draw appropri-
ate conclusions.
Based on these documents about colonial protests and the British reactions to them, offer
three inferences of your own that communicate the author’s purpose. (Review the inference
made about the movie review above if you aren’t sure what it means to infer something.)
What evidence do you have to support these inferences?
Doc. 4.6 ________________________________________________________________________
Evidence: _______________________________________________________________________
Doc. 4.7 ________________________________________________________________________
Evidence: _______________________________________________________________________
Doc. 4.8 ________________________________________________________________________
Evidence: _______________________________________________________________________
steP 3 Based on these three inferences, what appropriate conclusion(s) can you draw about
colonial protests and British reactions to them? Treat this conclusion like a claim in a para-
graph. It should be a statement that you need to support with evidence and explanations to
convince your reader.
Conclusion(s) (claim): _____________________________________________________________
Supporting evidence and explanations: _____________________________________________
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