Struggling with RC Inference Questions

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  Bagelinthemorning-2-1-1 Core Member

  September 2021 476 karma

  Hello @RachelZane-180

  First off, that's some impressive improvement! One advice I found from The Loophole book is to ask if each potential answer is provable. A provable answer is completely supported by the passage and you can reference back to check it. Each answer for RC is a provable answer, so even if the question asks us to infer, you can often find support for it in the passage. Sometimes the answer is found by joining sets of information or by assessing assumptions. A good question to ask is, "can I be certain there is something in the passage that can support this answer choice?"

  You can also use the system that is shown in the explanation videos that shows the differences between most strongly supported and inference.
• Bagelinthemorning-2-1-1 Core Member

  September 2021 476 karma

  Treat it like you would a "Must Be True" question in LR
• DontPay4LawSchool Member

  September 2021 edited September 2021 571 karma

  Some great advice I heard is that the AC will never be explicitly stated in the passage. That is because it is inferred, not stated directly. Most of the time, people seem to be attracted to the explicitly stated ACs because they are quickly identifiable.

  If they said in a passage that 2+2 is too many numbers, we know 4 is too many numbers.
• WinningHere Member

  September 2021 417 karma

  Definitely inferential and not explicity stated. I try to watch out for superfluous language - they try to slip in strong, erroneous language into what otherwise seems a contender answer choice. Look carefully.