Literary IAB Test Review

Inference

An inference is a guess based on evidence in the text. It is NOT directly stated in the text.

Read this excerpt from the text

“Stupid old woman,” said Arachne indignantly, “who gave you the right to speak in this way to me? It is easy to see that you were never good for anything in your day, or you would not come here in poverty and rags to gaze at my skill. If Athene resents my words, let her answer them herself. I have challenged her to a contest, but she, of course, will not come. It is easy for the gods to avoid matching their skill with that of men.”

Central Idea

The central idea of a text is the main idea, or what the text is mostly about.

Context clues are hints in a text that help you figure out the meaning of unknown words

First type: definition

Sometimes the definition of a difficult word is in the sentence itself.

Sometimes, a synonym of the unknown word can be found in the sentence.

In this type of context clue, you have to guess the meaning of the word using your own experience and knowledge.

Summary

• A summary is a shortened version of a text.

• It should contain only the important events

• It should include information from the beginning, middle, and end of the text