Question Types
What is the reason we identify question types?
So we can know exactly what the question is asking us to do.
How many paragraphs does your essay need to be?
Even though I’m 12 my parents don’t think I’m responsible enough for one.
What change should be made to sentence 2?
A. Change parents to parent’s
B. Insert a comma after 12
C. Change even though to as if
D. Change don’t to do’nt
What is "insert a comma after 12"? B
He's as tall as a tree.
What is a similie?
True or false: You should get a goodnight nights sleep before before the STAAR test.
True
If we see a bold, underlined or highlighted word in the text, we know there will be what type of question about that word?
Vocab/Context clue
What is a thesis statement?
Main claim + 2 reasons; it tells you what the entire essay is about in one sentence
Name the FANBOYS
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
An indirect reference to a person or event.
What is an allusion?
I will write a book about Michael Jackson after all we were neighbors.
What is a biography?
This question type is an educated guess
Inference
What does R.A.C.E stand for?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain
“I’m not going to tryout” said Lizette, “I’m too scared”.
What change should be made to sentence 5?
A. Insert a comma after tryout
B. Delete the comma after Lizette
C. Change too to to
D. Insert a period after tryout
What is "insert a comma after tryout". A
A message that is conveyed in a text.
What is a theme?
My ELA STAAR is on this date.
April 10th
This sentence is what type of question type?
Which detail from the selection supports the key idea that a digital diet is rewarding?
Text Evidence
Where does the thesis come from?
Prompt
(7) Learning how to work with a team, and gaining friendships is the best part about being on a team.
What change should be made to sentence 7?
A. Change learning to learn
B. Delete the comma after team
C. Change a team to an team
D. Change the period to a question mark
What is "delete the comma after team". B
Sometimes the words rhyme.
Poem
April is the cruelest month of the year is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
This sentence is what question type?
The reader can conclude that Junior Achievement, Girl Scouts, and Boy Scouts all share which belief?
Inference
Flip this prompt: Write a well-organized essay in which you argue that students should wear a uniform to school.
Students should have to wear uniforms to school.
(10) She couldn’t wait to get home and tell their mother.
What change, if any, should be made to sentence 10?
A. Change their to her
B. Change wait to weight
C. Insert a comma after home
D. No change should be made
What is "change their to her". A
The turning point in the story or the point of highest dramatic action.
What is the climax?
"You snore like a freight train" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Hyperbole or simile