Question Stems

What do they want you to do in the following question?

What do they want you to do in the following question?

He hasn’t found a job,

• Has he?

• Hasn’t he?

• Had he?

• Is he?

What do they want you to do in the following question?

Read the following question stem: "The author uses figurative language in this sentence most likely to —?" What is the question asking you to do?

• To explain why the figurative language is used

• To identify what type of figurative language is used

• To describe the figurative language

• To explain the importance o f the figurative language used

Which of these best describes character's internal conflict in the story? What is the question asking you to do?

• To pay close attention to character's struggles & feelings

• To pay close attention to character's struggles with others

• To pay close attention to the story's conflict

• To pay close attention to character's point of view

Read the following question stem: "Why does the playwright include the stage directions in paragraph 22?" What is the question asking you to do?

• To explain what the stage directions say

• To explain main idea of stage directions

• To explain why stage directions are used (author's purpose)

• To make an inference about stage directions

Read the following question stem: "Which of these is an important idea expressed in the excerpt?" What is the question asking you to do?

• To identify how the text structure (organized)

• To make an inference about the selection (inference)

• To identify why the author added that to the selection (author's purpose)

• To identify what the text is mostly about (main idea)

Read the following question stem: "What is the central Idea of the selection?" What is the question asking you to do?

• To identify why the author added that to the selection (author's purpose)

• To identify what the text is mostly about (main idea)

• To make an inference about the selection (inference)

• To identify how the text structure (organized)

Read the following question stem: "Which sentence suggests that character's main conflict will be resolved?" What is the question asking you to do?

• To identify main conflict and make an inference about which answer choice states how the problem will be solved

• To identify the excerpt and make an inference about which answer choice states how the problem will be solved

• To identify the solution for the conflict

• to identify make up an ending to the story