The Inferential question

Self study notes for Paper 2: Comprehension

What do I have to do? Make deduction* using the clues found in the

passage.

*deduction = to reach a conclusion by thinking about the information that is available

Read between the lines and figure out what the author is implying or suggesting.

Examples from past year papers1. Suggest the reason why Fiorelli insisted that

discoveries “were left in place” (line61) and not removed to museums.

2. Fiorelli’s excavations told a story of “ordinary life stopped in its tracks” (line 72). What does the author’s expression here tells us about the nature of the eruption in AD 79?