Main Idea and Authors Purpose
Name one main idea typical question.
What is X mostly/mainly about?
What title best summarizes the main idea of X?
What is the best title for X?
What would be the most appropriate headline for this article?
What is the main topic of X?
What would be the most appropriate headline for this article?
Name one detail question.
When / who / what / where / why / how (will) x do / did Y?
Why / who does/did X do Y?
Where / what / who / why / which should X do Y?
Why is / was XY?
What does the passage say ..X?
According to the passage, which / what / when / where / who…?
According to the author, what was X about Y
Name a negative detail question.
What was NOT mentioned in the story about X?
What was important about X except ?
Name one inference question.
Based on the passage, what is probably true about X?
What does the author imply about X?
What can be inferred from the article about X?
Which of the following can be inferred from X?
Name one vocabulary question.
What does X mean?
What is the closest meaning to X?
How do you find the topic of a passage?
Repeated words
What is the first step to answering detail questions?
Identify key words/phrases in the question (wh-word & key ideas)
What is the first step of answering a negative detail question?
Identify key words/phrases in the question (wh-word & key ideas)
What is the first step to answering inference questions?
Identify keyword(s) in the question (wh-word & key idea(s))
What do we have to look for first in vocabulary questions?
Identify contextual clues from the containing or surrounding sentences
How do you find the main idea and major details of the passage?
W-H Questions and look at the first sentence of te paragraph
What is the second step to answering detail questions?
Scan the relevant paragraph(s) for the key words/phrases or their synonyms
What is the second step to answering negative detail questions?
Scan the relevant paragraph(s) for the key words/phrases or their synonyms
What do we have to read to answer a inference question?
Carefully read the portion that contain the answer to the wh-word or information relevant to the key idea
Give an example of a contrast clue.
however, although
What is the first step in finding the authors purpose?
Identify keyword(s) in the question (wh-word & key idea(s)
What is the third step?
Eliminate wrong choices
What is the third step to answering negative detail questions?
Eliminate wrong choices
What she we look for when answering an inference questions?
Look for a logical relationship between the keyword(s) and the surrounding sentence(s)
Give an example of an illustration clue AND a restatement clue.
for example, for instance
in other words, in conclusion
What do we have to read to find the authors purpose? (Hint:what was the answer to the 400 question?)
Carefully read the portion that contain the answer to the wh-word or information relevant to the key idea
What answer choices we should eliminate? Name all three.
contradictory to passage
not relevant
not mentioned
What answer choices should we eliminate? Name both of them.
correctly stated
relevant
Which answer choices are usually incorrect?
Answer choices with extreme wording (always, never, etc.) are usually incorrect
How do we confirm answers in vocabulary questions?
Confirm your answer by inserting the answer choice into the sentence