Question

When you make an inference, you combine what you read with __

the author’s point of view.
the details in the text.
what you already know.
what you want to learn.

Answer 1

To make inferences, readers combine clues from the text with their own background knowledge to figure something out about the story. It is basically like a math equation. You add text clues to what a reader already knows and those should combine to help the reader understand the story.