Types of Questions

Directions: After reading the assigned text create one of each type of
question, accompanied by the additional information requested. Be
prepared to contribute these questions to class discussion with evidence
from the assigned text.

Factual Examples Write your Write the

Question factual question answer, cite the
here: page number,
and explain its
importance
below.
• Is verifiable— • Who does Romeo
answers found kill?
on the page • Where does
• Responds to George tell
questions: who, Lennie to go if he
what, when, gets in trouble
where, how? again?
• Takes the • When is the story
reader into the set?
text

Inductive Examples Write your Write the

Question inductive answer, provide
question here: the examples,
and explain its
importance
below.
• Is verifiable—• Why does
answers found George
in the text, continue to care
based on for Lennie after
details and all the trouble
examples he causes?
• Responds to • How does
question: O’Brien convey
why, how, and his attitude
so what? toward the war
• Takes readers in this story?
through the • Why does
text, allowing Hamlet treat
them to Ophelia as he
evaluate and does?
interpret • How does
evidence from Ralph’s
the visual, relationship
spoken, or with the others
written text change by the
end of the
story?

Analytical Examples Write your Write the

Question analytical answer, provide
question here: the examples,
and explain its
importance
below.
• Connects the • How is
text to other Frankenstein
texts, ideas, similar to
or situations certain modern
through problems we
analysis face today?
• Responds to • In what ways
questions: are The Plague
How are these and Blindness
similar, similar and
different, different?
related? • What does Lord
• Takes readers of the Flies tell
beyond the us about human
text, allowing nature?
them to
analyze the
relationship
between this
text and other
texts, ideas,
events, or
situations