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Module 6: Multiple Choice & Inference

Separate explicit evidence from reasonable inference and avoid attractive distractors.

Strategy Lesson

What to do

  1. Read the question before the options.
  2. Locate the evidence first.
  3. Eliminate options that are partly true but do not answer the question.
  4. For inference, choose only what the evidence reasonably supports.
Practice Passage

The new bicycle scheme attracted fewer users during its first month than planners expected. Usage increased sharply after protected cycle lanes were added.

Guided Practice

1. What most likely contributed to higher usage?

2. What can be inferred about the first month?

Mastery Check

1. The strongest evidence for increased cycling is the addition of:

2. Before the lanes were added, usage was:

3. An attractive distractor is dangerous because it may be: