Inferential and Literal Questions

What is a literal question?

• A question with an answer in the text

• A question that you do not have to think about

• A question with the answer NOT directly in the text - you have to think about it

• A funny question

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is an inferential question?

• A question with an answer NOT directly in the text - you have to think about it

• A funny question

• A question with an answer directly in the text

• A question with no answer

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is a literal question?

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is an inferential question?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why do we answer questions after reading?

• For no reason

• For fun

• To understand what we read

• We don't answer questions after we read

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What do we use to answer inferential questions?

• The text

• We just guess

• Only background knowledge

• Our background knowledge, words or images

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What do we use to answer literal questions?

• Our background knowledge

• The text

• We guess

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10