WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST ACCURATEEXAM. INFERENCE QUESTIO...

13. Which of the following is the most accurateexam. Inference questions are sometimes confuseddefinition of the word boonas it is used in thewith detail questions. The same answer that might bepassage?correct for a detail question, however, will be wronga.presentfor an inference question. Knowing how inferenceb.blessingquestions are likely to be phrased will help you distin-c. charmguish them from detail questions. Inference questiond.cursestems usually include words like those highlightedbelow:AnswerEven if you don’t know the definition of the word boon,you can determine its meaning from the context of the

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The author impliesthat . . .

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The author suggeststhat . . .passage. You can determine that boonis a positive termbecause the passage states that the hero’s boon will

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It can be concludedfrom this passage that . . .save or enlighten his fellows. Therefore, you can elim-

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The passage impliesthat . . .inate choice d,curse, which is negative. You can also

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The narrator hintsthat . . .guess from the context of the passage that a boon is

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It can be inferredfrom the passage that . . .likely to be intangible and not a concrete presentor

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Which of the following is closestto the author’soutlookon . . . ?charm, (choicesaand c). Choice b offers the mostaccurate definition ofboon, which is a timely benefit,

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The feature that ________ and ________ have incommon is . . .favor, or blessing.How to Find Inference Answers

I n f e r e n c e s a n d

Inferences are not directly stated in the passage. If an

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answer choice can be found in the passage, it is not theright answer. Look, however, for items, people, events,