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PSAT/SAT--Content of Nine Important Question Types in the Reading Section


Creating Nine Important Reading Questions

Use the following objectives to create specific questions and answers about a particular text. Do not write general questions. Direct your readers to important parts of the text as you brainstorm good questions. Tell your readers to always provide evidence--words and/or phrases.


  1. Determine an author’s point of view, main argument, purpose, or theme.
  2. Cite strong textual evidence to support analysis.
  3. Determine two or more central ideas/themes in a text.
  4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases in context.
  5. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure/organization an author uses in a text.
  6. Analyze how an author uses rhetorical/literary strategies and elaborate on the effectiveness of those strategies.
  7. Determine an author’s tone in a text or the mood of a passage (or part of the text).
  8. Infer the meaning behind a line or paragraph in a text. Consider how the author would feel about another situation not mentioned in the text.
  9. Understand the function of a section or sections of a text.


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