Indirectly Answered
Questions
Fitrotul Maulidiyah
Two common types of indirectly
answered questions

Implied detail
questions
Transition
questions
Answer implied detail questions correctly
Contain the words: implied,
inferred, likely, or probably
No need to pull the answer out of
thin air”
Draw conclusion from
information given in the passage
How to identify?
It is implied in the passage that …

It can be inferred from the passage that …
It is most likely that …

What probably happened … ?
Where to find the answer?

The answer to these
questions are found in
order in the passage.
Answer transition questions correctly

Determine what probably came
before or after the reading passage
Draw conclusion to determine what
is probably in these paragraphs
Transition
Question

Whether you understand
that good writing contain
transitions from 1
paragraph to the next
Transition Questions
Start out with the idea of the previous paragraph
as a way of linking the ideas in the two paragraphs
Might also end with an idea that will be further
developed in the following paragraph
How to identify?
The paragraph
preceding the passage
probably …

What is most likely in
the paragraph
following the passage?
Where to find the answer?
In the first line of the passage for a
preceding question

In the last line of the passage for a
following question

04. indirectly answered questions

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    Two common typesof indirectly answered questions Implied detail questions Transition questions
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    Answer implied detailquestions correctly Contain the words: implied, inferred, likely, or probably No need to pull the answer out of thin air” Draw conclusion from information given in the passage
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    How to identify? Itis implied in the passage that … It can be inferred from the passage that … It is most likely that … What probably happened … ?
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    Where to findthe answer? The answer to these questions are found in order in the passage.
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    Answer transition questionscorrectly Determine what probably came before or after the reading passage Draw conclusion to determine what is probably in these paragraphs
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    Transition Question Whether you understand thatgood writing contain transitions from 1 paragraph to the next
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    Transition Questions Start outwith the idea of the previous paragraph as a way of linking the ideas in the two paragraphs Might also end with an idea that will be further developed in the following paragraph
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    How to identify? Theparagraph preceding the passage probably … What is most likely in the paragraph following the passage?
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    Where to findthe answer? In the first line of the passage for a preceding question In the last line of the passage for a following question