Key Details
Craft and Structure
Author's Choices
Word Choice
Proof and POV
100
Select a detail from the text that supports the idea that the main characters are imaginative.
Prove that the main characters are imaginative.
100
What do the descriptions used by the author suggest about the main character?
What can you figure out about the main character?
100
How does the author reveal the narrator’s view of the main character?
How can you tell how the narrator feels about the main character?
100
How does the section about genetics contribute to the central idea of the article?
What do genetics have to do with the main idea?
100
What is the author’s purpose for writing this text?
Why did the author write this?
200
How does the author use the description of the setting to convey its importance?
How do you know the setting is important?
200
How does this phrase help convey the character's views?
Why does the author/character use this phrase?
200
What does the listener learn from the poet’s reading of the poem that is not conveyed by the text of the poem?
What can you learn from listening to the poem that you don't learn from reading it?
200
How does the author develop the idea that global warming is a serious threat throughout the text?
How can you tell that global warming is a threat?
200
Which sentence from the text reveals the author’s primary point of view or message?
Which sentence shows how the author feels?
300
Part A: What is the central idea of the text?
What is the main idea?
300
How does this quotation help the reader understand the difference between Character A and Character B?
How can you tell that Characters A and B are different?
300
How is the theme revealed in the excerpt from the novel? How is it revealed in the poem?
How can you tell what the theme is in each text?
300
What does the term homely mean as used in this paragraph?
What does homely mean in this paragraph?
300
Which claim in the text is supported by the information presented in the chart?
How does this chart help show something from the text?
400
Part B: Identify the parts of the passage that convey the central idea.
Prove part A.
400
How do paragraphs 5 and 6 contribute to the reader’s understanding of Character A’s current perception?
What do paragraphs 5 and 6 have to do with Character A?
400
Select the phrases from the text that show why people did not believe Joe would be a good leader.
Prove that Joe would not be a good leader.
400
What is the purpose of the psychosomatic disorders section in the article?
Why does the psychosomatic disorders section exist?
400
How could the author use the information presented in the chart to support the argument?
How could the author use the chart as proof?
500
What does the main character's response reveal about them?
What can you figure out about the main character?
500
Which sentences from the passage illustrate information the reader would likely miss if the story were written from a different point of view?
What do you only know because of who is telling the story?
500
Which sentence from the article best captures the central idea?
Which sentence shows the main idea?
500
How does the interventions section contribute to the reader’s understanding of the article?
How does this section help you understand the article?
500
Trace the author’s argument throughout the text by selecting the sentences that support this idea.
Find proof for the author's idea.
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