What is stated
Separate explicit facts from interpretations, predictions and background assumptions.
What to master
- Fact versus opinion or assumption.
- Relevant versus irrelevant evidence.
- Necessary versus sufficient support.
- Alternative explanations and overlooked possibilities.
- Degree of certainty justified by the stimulus or passage.
BoardQBank strategy
1
Paraphrase the claim before reading the answer choices.
2
Ask what evidence directly supports and what it merely suggests.
3
Reject answers that are stronger, broader or more certain than the text.
4
Use precise language and avoid importing outside knowledge.
Practice focus
- Inference questions with attractive but unsupported choices.
- Argument questions that depend on hidden assumptions.
- Reading questions that distinguish author position from cited viewpoints.