how does textual evidence help a reader make an inference?

a. Readers analyze the details explicitly stated in a text to make an inference.
b. Readers restate the textual evidence of a story to make an inference.
c. Readers identify textual evidence to make the story more personal in order to make an inference.
d. Readers eliminate the details implicitly stated in a text in order to make an inference.

a. Readers analyze the details explicitly stated in a text to make an inference.