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Making Inferences. Some questions ask you to make inferences based on a reading. The questions might look like this:. From this passage, you can infer — According to the author, one has a reason to believe — The second paragraph suggests that—. Based on the information, one can tell that—
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Some questions ask you to make inferences based on a reading. The questions might look like this: • From this passage, you can infer— • According to the author, onehas areason to believe— • The second paragraph suggeststhat—
Based on the information, one can tellthat— • Information in the passage suggeststhat— • What probably made the ______ was—
First, be sure you understand the words in the question. • infer- figure out, guess • gives (one) reason to believe- makes you think that • suggest- give clues about, hint • (you) can tell that- there is proof to show that • probably- most likely
TIP • The exact answer isn’t in the reading. • Try to figure out the best answer based on two or three clues in the reading.
