8 Question Types

Question 1

Vocab

Answer 1

This group of questions will ask you to choose an appropriate vocabulary word to fill in a blank or determine what the meaning of a word is in the context of the paragraph that word is in

Question 2

Purpose

Answer 2

This group of questions will ask you why the author wrote the passage or how a sentence functions in the passage

Question 3

Dual text

Answer 3

This group of questions will offer you two passages rather than one and ask how someone from one passage would respond to a person, group, or idea from the other passage

Question 4

Retrieval

Answer 4

This group of questions will ask what the passage says that would be an answer to the question

Question 5

Main idea

Answer 5

This group of questions is looking for a single sentence of idea that is the main focus of the passage rather than a detail about a character or thing

Question 6

Claims

Answer 6

This group of questions asks which answer would best illustrate, support, or weaken a claim made by the author or someone in the passage

Question 7

Charts

Answer 7

This group of questions will ask you to illustrate, support, or weaken some claim using a table or graph in addition to the passage

Question 8

Conclusion

Answer 8

This group of questions will ask which of the four answers is a logical conclusion based on all of the other sentences given in the passage