Literal and Inferential Questions

What are the two types of questions?

• literal and actual

• actual and fake

• inferential and literal

• predicting and summarizing

An inferential question requires you to...

• form your answer with clues given in the pasage

• consult a friend

• lift the answer from the passage

A comprehension question that can often be directly quoted from the text

• Inferential

• Literal

A comprehension question where you must "read between the lines."

• Inferential

• Literal

If a passage describes a scene where "the streets were deserted, and the only sound was the howling wind," you can infer that:

• The town is bustling with activity

• There is a curfew in place

• It is a normal day in the town

• Something unusual or possibly ominous has happened

Theme and Main Idea are considered a _________ comprehension question.

• Literal 

• Inferential

Why do the trees look this way?

• The trees are dying.

• The storm covered them with ice and snow.

• The trees are growing.

• Someone painted them.

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 do we use to answer inferential questions?

• The text

• We just guess

• Only background knowledge

• Our background knowledge, words or images

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