Unit 4: Reading Comprehension

Inferential Questions

Inference questions are not all that different from detail questions. Detail questions ask you to restate information or to paraphrase it. Inference questions ask you to find the information in the passage, and then use it to draw an inference that is deductively true. Inference questions usually begin with one of the following phrases :

The passage suggests... Which of the following conclusions is best supported...

When answering an inference question, do not choose an answer that requires you to make a major assumption, or an answer that requires you to use outside knowledge. Look for answers that are totally supported by the information within the passage.