Reading Specialist 221 Practice Test

Inferential comprehension is the ability to understand information that isn’t stated outright in the text and to use clues plus what you already know to predict what might happen next. This means you read between the lines, draw conclusions, and anticipate outcomes based on hints in the story or passage. For example, if a character hurriedly closes a letter and looks over their shoulder, you infer that the news is serious and that something might happen soon as a result. The other options point to different ideas: the Three Cueing Systems describe how readers use meaning, structure, and letter-sound clues to figure out text; Negative Transfer is when prior knowledge hinders new learning; Idiomatic Expressions are about phrases whose meanings aren’t literal.