Determining Skills for Question Stems

WHAT SKILL SHOULD YOU USE FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Part A: Which is the theme of the poem?

• Theme

• Inferences

• Compare and Contrast

• Main Idea

WHAT SKILL SHOULD YOU USE FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Part B: Which Quotation from the poem best supports the answer in Part A?

• Inference (Making)

• Author's Claim

• Inference (Supporting)

• Author's Purpose

WHAT SKILL SHOULD YOU USE FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

How does the structure of lines 13-22 contribute to the development of the poem?

• Text Structure

• Inference

• Main Idea and Key Details

• Context Clues

WHAT SKILL SHOULD YOU USE FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Look at the image. Which quotation from the poem does the image best reflect?

• P.O.E.T.S

• Figurative Language

• Imagery

• Text Structure

WHAT IS THE SKILL YOU SHOULD USE TO HELP ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Which is the most complete summary of the text?

• Main Idea and Key Details

• Summarizing

• Connections

• Theme

WHICH SKILL SHOULD YOU USE TO HELP IN ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

What is the meaning of the word fugitive in paragraph 4?

• Main Idea and Key Details

• Context Clues

• Text Structure

• Figurative Language

WHICH SKILL SHOULD YOU USE TO HELP IN ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Read the excerpt from paragraph 6. Based on the context, what is the meaning of the word eloquent?

• Context Clues

• Figurative Language

• Inference

• IDEAS

WHICH SKILL SHOULD YOU USE TO HELP IN ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Choose two quotations from the text that illustrate how anxious Douglas

felt about exposing the truth of his experiences.

• Main Idea and Key Details

• Context Clues

• Inference

• theme

WHICH SKILL SHOULD YOU USE TO HELP IN ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

What is the author’s purpose for writing this text?

• Author's Claim

• Author's Purpose

• Point of View

• Text Structure

WHICH SKILL SHOULD YOU USE TO HELP IN ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Read the sentence from paragraph 2. Which quotation supports the claim made in this sentence?

• Author's Claim

• Text Structure

• Inference

• Claim, Evidence, Reason