Question Types
This question type often asks students to identify important details about characters, setting, or events.
What is Identify and Interpret Ideas?
This Greaser is known for his intelligence and love of books and movies.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
This author is famous for writing dark stories filled with horror and suspense, including Tell-Tale Heart.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
In the narrative example, this missing pet created the conflict that moved the story forward.
Who is Clementine?
The time, place, and environment where a story occurs.
What is setting?
This question type often asks why an author organized information in a certain way.
What is Interpret Text Organization?
In Long Way Down, this event causes Will to begin his journey down the elevator.
What is the murder of his brother, Shawn?
hese two characters are considered the antagonists in The Veldt.
Who are Peter and Wendy?
This type of writing creates a clear and vivid picture of a person, place, thing, or event.
What is Descriptive Writing?
A problem or force that challenges the main character.
What is conflict?
In the sentence "The classroom was buzzing with excitement," what does "buzzing" mean?
What is full of energy and activity?
According to the Rules, what is something you must never do.
What is cry, snitch, or retaliate?
This short story features Billy Weaver, a bed-and-breakfast, stuffed animals, missing guests, poisoned tea, and extensive foreshadowing that leads readers to suspect a murder.
What is The Landlady?
Research reports, newspaper articles, and glossaries are examples of this type of writing.
What is Expository Writing?
A message about life that an author communicates through a story.
What is a theme?
This question type often asks about theme, message, or author's purpose.
What is Make Connections?
This type of conversation is encouraged throughout the book written by Emmanuel Acho, even if it feels awkward.
What is an uncomfortable conversation?
This literary technique is heavily used throughout The Landlady to warn readers that something is wrong.
What is foreshadowing?
A clear opinion statement, facts, and statistics are key features of this type of writing.
What is Persuasive Writing?
This literary device connects an object, character, action, or setting to a deeper abstract meaning.
What is symbolism?
Which clue often signals an Evaluate question: "best," "most likely," or "probably"?
What are all of the above?
his character serves as a bridge between the Greasers and the Socs.
Who is Cherry?
In Tell-Tale Heart, this is the type of conflict.
What is Character vs. Self?
A student writes a newspaper article explaining the causes and effects of climate change. This is an example of this type of writing.
What is Expository Writing?
A type of irony in which the audience knows something that a character does not.
What is dramatic irony?