Inferences Drawn Beyond the Level of a Paragraph-For Example, Inferences

question 50

Multiple Choice

Inferences drawn beyond the level of a paragraph-for example, inferences based on the genre of the book that we are reading, or based on our preferences for how we want a story to end-are called

• A) higher-level inferences.
• B) discourse-level inferences.
• C) metacognitive inferences.
• D) bottom-up processes.

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Definitions:

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