Question

make inferences
when you make an inference while reading, you make a logical guess based on information in a text and your own knowledge, including what you know about genre conventions, or characteristics of a particular type of story. use your understanding of science fiction characteristics to help you make predictions and draw conclusions about characters, settings, and events in \a sound of thunder.\ record them in the chart.

chart with columns: text details/science fiction conventions, my predictions and conclusions; first row: advertisement for time travel safari, something bad will happen as a result of traveling through time; then two empty rows

Explanation:

To complete the chart for making inferences about A Sound of Thunder using science - fiction conventions, we can use the following details and predictions:

First Empty Row (Text Details/Science Fiction Conventions Column)

Text detail: "Rules about not stepping off the path during the safari"

for Prediction
In science - fiction stories, especially those involving time travel, such strict rules imply that there are serious consequences for breaking them. So, for the "My Predictions and Conclusions" column, we can write: "Someone will break the rule and it will cause major changes to the present or future."

Second Empty Row (Text Details/Science Fiction Conventions Column)

Text detail: "The mention of a butterfly being stepped on"

for Prediction
Science - fiction often uses the "butterfly effect" concept, where a small change in the past (like stepping on a butterfly) can lead to huge changes in the future. So, for the "My Predictions and Conclusions" column, we can write: "The death of the butterfly will drastically alter the world the characters return to."

If we were to fill the chart:

Text Details/Science Fiction Conventions	My Predictions and Conclusions
Rules about not stepping off the path during the safari	Someone will break the rule and it will cause major changes to the present or future.
The mention of a butterfly being stepped on	The death of the butterfly will drastically alter the world the characters return to.

Answer:

for Prediction
Science - fiction often uses the "butterfly effect" concept, where a small change in the past (like stepping on a butterfly) can lead to huge changes in the future. So, for the "My Predictions and Conclusions" column, we can write: "The death of the butterfly will drastically alter the world the characters return to."

If we were to fill the chart:

Text Details/Science Fiction Conventions	My Predictions and Conclusions
Rules about not stepping off the path during the safari	Someone will break the rule and it will cause major changes to the present or future.
The mention of a butterfly being stepped on	The death of the butterfly will drastically alter the world the characters return to.