WorksheetsEOG Practice Questions
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins
What is the question asking when it says:
What is the CENTRAL IDEA the author is CONVEYING in the text?
What is the text mostly about? When choosing your answer, make sure all of the paragraphs or all of the sections are about that.
They're asking for character POV.
Supporting details and inference about the text.
None of these.
What should you do when you see a question like this:
What does the word ______mean in paragraph ___?
Include details about the main idea in the text.
Give the exact definition of the word.
Use context clues to find out exactly what the word means in that specific part of the text.
None of these.
What should you look for when asked:
Which detail SUPPORTS the CENTRAL IDEA of the text?
Find the name of the author and explain their background.
Find a sentence that summarizes the text and tells what the WHOLE text is mostly about.
Find a word you aren't familiar with and use inferencing skills to guess the meaning.
None of these.
What is the following question asking?
What is the IMPACT of the author’s use of ________in paragraph ___?
What do those particular words tell the reader? What information do they give? Or, what type of feeling do they make the reader feel?
What is the central idea of the paragraph?
None of these.
What is the main claim in this text?
What information is this question asking for?
What was the AUTHOR's PURPOSE for writing this text?
Why did the author make this claim? Give supporting details.
None of these.
Explain what certain words mean and the impact they have on the text.
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)?
What is this question asking?
Which statement SUMMARIZES this text?
Give the definitions of the words you know.
Which sentence tells what the text is MOSTLY about (the WHOLE text)?
None of these.
What is this question asking for?
Which THEME is found in this selection?
What is the lesson/moral of the text?
What is the author's background?
Describe the setting in which this takes place.
If you are asked:
What is the EFFECT of using the word ______instead of the word ______in paragraph ____?
What is this question asking?
Define each word and why the author chose that word.
State the central claim.
How does the word that is used make you feel or think? How does it make more sense than the other word?
If you are asked:
Which sentence contributes to the DEVELOPMENT of the setting?
What should you look for to answer?
Which sentence tells something about where and when the story takes place? Does the setting (where and when) change?
Describe the setting in detail.
Explain the author's claim and the central idea.
What is this question asking?
How do paragraphs _____ contribute to the plot?
Predict what will happen in the story.
What do those paragraphs tell the reader about what happened in the text?
What other information is needed to help the reader understand the plot?
What should you look for when asked:
How does the character’s attitude DEVELOP from the beginning to the end of the selection?
Find the character's background information and setting in which the story takes place.
State the author's main claim.
The character must have felt one way at the beginning of the text and their feelings changed. How? Be careful here! Sometimes they just ask how the feelings/attitude changed from one paragraph to another? Read closely!
What should you look for when asked:
How does the poet develop the POINT OF VIEW of the __(character)_?
Look for the author's purpose and why they wrote the poem.
What is the author's central claim?
What does the author say (what line/sentence) shows what the character thinks/feels?
What is this question asking?
What TONE is created in paragraphs __________________?
What is the feeling the author wants you to feel in those paragraphs? Look at the words they use and think about what feelings those words convey (show).
What is the opinion of the author in this text? What evidence supports this?
Neither of these.
What is this question asking?
Based on the information in paragraph _________, what INFERENCE can be drawn about __________?
What is stated directly in the text relating to the central claim?
What can you figure out based on what you know and what the text says?
Neither of these.
What should you look for when asked:
What is the SIGNIFICANCE of the author’s choice of the word _______?
Look for background information about the author and determine the author's opinion in the passage.
What is the definition of this word?
What does that word tell the reader? How does it make the reader feel?
What if you see a question like this:
What is the EFFECT of REPEATING __________ in lines ____________?
Authors usually repeat things to EMPHASIZE it. That means they just really think something and really want you to know it. It must be important.
They are repeating the word because they want you to learn the word and the definition.
Neither of these.
What should you look for when asked:
Which statement SUMMARIZES the passage?
Which sentence explains the character's POV?
Which sentence tells a small detail about a word you aren't familiar with?
Which sentence tells what the WHOLE passage is about?
What information is needed when you're asked:
Which quotation from the text provides CONTEXT to help the reader determine the MEANING of _____________?
Which sentence in the text helps show what the word means?
Which sentence supports the author's central claim?
What is the character POV?
What is this sentence asking for?
Which claim made by the author LACKS EVIDENCE in the text to support it?
Which sentence provides evidence to support the author's claim?
Which sentence does not have any proof (evidence from the text) to back it up?
Which sentence shows character perspective?
