Question

How does textual evidence help a reader make an inference?(1 point)
Responses

Readers identify textual evidence to make the story more personal in order to make an inference.
Readers identify textual evidence to make the story more personal in order to make an inference.

Readers analyze the details explicitly stated in a text to make an inference.
Readers analyze the details explicitly stated in a text to make an inference.

Readers restate the textual evidence of a story to make an inference.
Readers restate the textual evidence of a story to make an inference.

Readers eliminate the details implicitly stated in a text in order to make an inference.

Answer 1

Readers analyze the details explicitly stated in a text to make an inference.

These explicit details (textual evidence) are combined with the reader’s background knowledge to draw conclusions that aren’t directly stated.