DCP Strategies: Identifying Key Words

Identify the TWO key words in the question:

Which piece of evidence best reveals the theme?

• piece

• evidence

• reveals

• theme

Identify the key word in the question:

Which paragraph is the best summary?

• paragraph

• best

• summary

• which

Identify the key word in the question:

What is the Author's Purpose of writing this selection?

• Author's Purpose

• Author

• Writing

• Selection

Identify the TWO key words in the question:

Which piece of evidence best supports the idea that Amy is embarrassed?

• best supports

• embarrassed

• Amy

• evidence

Identify the TWO key words in the question:

Identify the role Amy's mother plays in the story.

• Amy's mother

• Identify

• plays in the story

• role

Identify the TWO key words in the question:

What can you infer from the narrator's behavior?

• dinner

• narrator

• infer

• behavior

Identify the key word in the question:

The author includes paragraph 6 to --

• author

• includes

• paragraph 6

• to