Drawing Conclusions

Drawing Conclusions

By Samantha Snow

What is "Drawing conclusions?"

​When you draw conclusions, you are making inferences about information that is not actually stated in the text.

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You must think critically about what you have read to help you come up with inferences about the text.

Drawing Conclusions tips:

• Read between the lines to draw conclusions about the people or events in the text.

• Be careful not to draw a conclusion that is not supported by what the text is inferring.

Multiple Choice

In can be inferred from the passage that Hoover was

• uninterested in the day-to-day suffering of ordinary people

• an able administrator with a genuine concern for people

• primarily a politician interested in running for president

• a long-term supporter of the Russian government

Multiple Choice

It can be concluded that Hoover decided to help the Russian people when

• he received a letter from a famous Russian writer

• he learned about the Black Death of the Middle Ages

• he read of Gorky's plea for international assistance

• Communist leaders asked for the support of the United States

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, the famine in Russia was the result of

• natural and political causes

• a natural disaster

• government mismanagement

• American literature

Multiple Choice

It can be inferred that Gorky's call for assistance

• came directly from the Russian government

• was made by him as a private citizen

• was addressed only to Herbert Hoover

• was made anonymously for fear of reprisal