Reading comprehension: details, inference, and application

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Locate and interpret specific details in a passage, including facts, examples, claims, and qualifications, without distorting their context.
Draw inferences that are strongly supported by the passage, distinguishing warranted conclusions from answers that merely sound plausible.
Apply a stated principle, finding, or relationship from the passage to a new scenario while preserving the passage’s logic and constraints.

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Use local context, reference words, and surrounding claims to resolve what a quoted or described part of the passage means.

Reject answer choices that overstate, reverse, generalize, or import information beyond what the passage supports.

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