EOG Practice Questions

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What is the CENTRAL IDEA the author is CONVEYING in the text?

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What is the text mostly about? When choosing your answer, make sure all of the paragraphs or all of the sections are about that.

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What should you do when you see a question like this: What does the word ______mean in paragraph ___?

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Use context clues to find out exactly what the word means in that specific part of the text.

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What should you look for when asked: Which detail SUPPORTS the CENTRAL IDEA of the text?

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Find a sentence that summarizes the text and tells what the WHOLE text is mostly about.

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What is the following question asking? What is the IMPACT of the author’s use of ________in paragraph ___?

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What do those particular words tell the reader? What information do they give? Or, what type of feeling do they make the reader feel?

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What was the AUTHOR's PURPOSE for writing this text?

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Did the author write the text to inform (give facts on a topic - non-fiction), persuade (talk you into something), or entertain (just for fun, makes you laugh, cry, or feel some strong emotion)?

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What is this question asking? Which statement SUMMARIZES this text?

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Which sentence tells what the text is MOSTLY about (the WHOLE text)?

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Which THEME is found in this selection?

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What is the lesson/moral of the text?

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What is the EFFECT of using the word ______instead of the word ______in paragraph ____? What is this question asking?

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How does the word that is used make you feel or think? How does it make more sense than the other word?

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What should you look for to answer: Which sentence contributes to the DEVELOPMENT of the setting?

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Which sentence tells something about where and when the story takes place? Does the setting (where and when) change?

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How do paragraphs _____ contribute to the plot?

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What do those paragraphs tell the reader about what happened in the text?