Supporting Inferences about Informational Texts

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Making Inferences by GrammarSongs.mp4 Before you complete your assignment, watch this video on main idea. Click here to watch video on "Inferences" Read the passage below. Then answer the questions. 1. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then answer Part B.Part AWhat inference can you make based on the information in paragraph 3? The soldiers used blocks of salt as payment so they could travel along the Salt Road. Salt was so valued by Romans that it was used as a form of pay. The soldiers did not have a healthy diet, so they were paid in blocks of salt. The Roman government ran out of gold, so it paid soldiers in blocks of salt. Part BWhich two sentences from the text provide the best support for your answer in Part A? "This... was called salarium argentums or 'salt money'" "Throughout history and around the world, governments have regulated and taxed salt." "This tiny crystal cube has played a much more important role in history than just flavoring our fries." "The word soldier comes from the Latin sol dare, meaning 'to give salt'" "Human beings can't live without salt." "The need for salt and the limited supply of it made salt very valuable!" 2. Read the following inference.The salt transported over the Salt Road helped Rome to become a great and important trading center.Which three details from the text provide the best support for the inference? "People who controlled salt had power." "When early humans survived on the meat they hunted, their bodies got enough salt from the animals they ate." "Around 2,000 years ago, some of the people with salt - and power - were the Romans." "One way Rome controlled salt was by building villages along the Mediterranean coast." "Humans beings can't live without salt." "As people learned to grow their vegetables and grains and began to eat less meat, salt became more important." 3. Read the sentence from paragraph 4 of the passage:The history of the world is overflowing with stories of salt.What does the word overflowing mean as it is used in this sentence? wide and vast overly full of covered completely in short supply