Question Stem Analysis

What is this question asking about?

In paragraph 3, the word vacate means —

• theme

• figurative language

• revising

• vocabulary + context clues

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is this question asking about?

Which quotation provides the best evidence that the new house didn’t meet the narrator’s expectations?

• vocabulary + context clues

• summary

• text evidence

• inferencing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is this question asking about?

In paragraph 4, the family hopes for a house with “at least three washrooms” because they —

1. 
   

• summary

• inferencing

• text evidence

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

What is this question asking about?

The author includes the flashback in paragraphs 6 through 11 in order to —

• figurative language

• theme

• author's purpose

• summary

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is this question asking about?

In paragraph 9, the nun can be best described as —

• theme

• vocabulary + context clues

• characterization

• plot development

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is this question asking about?

Which theme is explored in the selection?

• theme

• summary

• author's purpose

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is this question asking about?

Paragraph 1 is mainly about —

• vocabulary + context clues

• making connections across texts

• theme

• summary

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

What is this question asking about?

Which words help the reader understand the meaning of stoic as it is used in paragraph 3?

• author's purpose

• inferencing

• figurative language

• vocabulary + context clues

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is this question asking about?

The author includes the interviews in the report in order to —

• vocabulary + context clues

• making connections across texts

• text evidence

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is this question asking about?

The author wrote the selection primarily to —

• summary

• author's purpose

• theme

• making connections across texts.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10