ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When you make an inference you are ____
A
reading the evidence.
B
looking at text evidence
C
looking at the pictures.
D
making a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An inference is an idea or conclusion that’s drawn from evidence and reasoning. An inference is an educated guess. We learn about some things by experiencing them first-hand, but we gain other knowledge by inference-the process of inferring things based on what is already known.

Detailed explanation-2: -When readers make an inference or draw a conclusion, they try understand by using clues from the text and what they know from previous experiences. The conclusion is reached after thinking about details and facts. Thoughtful readers synthesize and evaluate information based on prior knowledge.

Detailed explanation-3: -Conclusion: something you DECIDE after thinking about all the information you have. Inference: something that you think is TRUE, based on information that you have. Authors don’t always TELL everything that happens in a story. Readers can use CLUES to figure out what is not said.

Detailed explanation-4: -Specifically, inference is a rule of logic that is normally used for evidence during a trial. Inference is used, or rather functions, when a fact is elucidated, or “proved” by examining other “facts” then then allow one lead to another fact, or reasonable conclusion.

Detailed explanation-5: -An inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

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