Reading Comprehension with Literal and Inferential Questions

What is a literal question?

• A question with an answer in the text

• A question that you do not have to think about

• A question with the answer NOT directly in the text - you have to think about it

• A funny question

What is an inferential question?

• A question with an answer NOT directly in the text - you have to think about it

• A funny question

• A question with an answer directly in the text

• A question with no answer

What is a literal question?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

What is an inferential question?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Why do we answer questions after reading?

• For no reason

• For fun

• To understand what we read

• We don't answer questions after we read

What do we use to answer inferential questions?

• The text

• We just guess

• Only background knowledge

• Our background knowledge, words or images

What do we use to answer literal questions?

• Our background knowledge

• The text

• We guess