Types of Comprehension Questions

Definition:
- Questions where the answers are factual details that can be directly retrieved from the provided text.
Specific Question Types and Target Information:
- Who question: Refers directly to a person.
- Where question: Refers directly to a place.
- When question: Refers directly to a time.
- What question: Refers directly to a situation or issue.
- Why question: Refers directly to a reason, cause, or cause-and-effect relationship.
- How question: Refers directly to steps or reasons.
Answering Procedure:
- Read the question carefully.
- Highlight the key words or phrases in the question.
- Locate the answer in the passage.
- Lift what is relevant and answer the question in complete sentences.

Definition and Core Purpose:
- Questions that require identifying clues within the passage and using them to make deductions (guesses) or arrive at a logical conclusion.
- Requires reading between the lines to figure out what is implied or suggested.
Answering Procedure:
- Read the question carefully and understand the requirements of the question.
- Look for clues and evidence in the passage.
- Arrive at a conclusion.
- Answer the question in a complete sentence.

Definition:
- A direct question that explicitly requires paraphrasing and substituting words to construct an answer using original wording.
Answering Procedure:
- Read: Read the question carefully.
- Highlight: Highlight key terms in the question.
- Locate: Find the matching information in the passage.
- Substitute: Replace the passage's words with appropriate synonyms or alternative phrasing.
- Answer: Provide the answer in a complete sentence.

Definition:
- Questions requiring the exact extraction of a relevant phrase or word from the passage that matches the meaning or corresponds directly with the prompt.
Answering Procedure:
- Read the question carefully.
- Highlight the key words, key phrases, or key idea in the question.
- Locate the answer in the passage.
- Lift what is relevant and answer the question using quotation marks " ".

Scope and Focus:
- Examines how specific words or phrases create a particular effect or mental picture (e.g., figurative language).
- Evaluates how effectively the reader understands the intensity of an action, sound, or feeling.
Answering Procedure:
- Read the question carefully.
- Highlight the key ideas in the question.
- Locate the corresponding ideas in the given sentences.
- Lift what is relevant from the passage.

Vocabulary Questions (Matching Words/Phrases):
- Questions centered on matching specific words or phrases from the passage to corresponding definitions or contextual meanings.
Quotes and Explanation Questions:
- Questions requiring the identification of a relevant quote followed by a detailed explanation of its meaning or effect.

Definition:
- Questions where the answers are factual details that can be directly retrieved and lifted from the provided text without needing complex interpretation or reading between the lines.
Specific Question Types and Target Information:
- Who question: Refers directly to a person, group, character, or entity mentioned in the text.
- Where question: Refers directly to a physical location, setting, place, or environment.
- When question: Refers directly to a specific time, date, period, era, or sequence of events.
- What question: Refers directly to a specific situation, object, action, event, or issue.
- Why question: Refers directly to an explicit reason, cause, or cause-and-effect relationship stated in the text.
- How question: Refers directly to the manner, process, steps, or mechanisms by which an action or event occurs.
Answering Procedure:
- Read the question carefully to identify the precise information required.
- Highlight key words or phrases (e.g., proper nouns, dates, key verbs) in the question prompt.
- Locate the exact answer in the corresponding paragraph or section of the passage.
- Lift what is strictly relevant and answer the question in complete, grammatically correct sentences.

Definition and Core Purpose:
- Questions that require identifying implicit clues, context, and evidence within the passage to make logical deductions, educated guesses, or draw valid conclusions.
- Demands reading between the lines to figure out what the author or text suggests, implies, or hints at rather than stating outright.
Answering Procedure:
- Read the question carefully and understand its specific requirements and scope.
- Look for context clues, tone indicators, and textual evidence in the passage.
- Connect textual evidence with logical reasoning to arrive at a clear conclusion.
- Answer the question in a complete sentence, clearly stating the deduction.

Definition:
- A direct or inferential question that explicitly requires rephrasing, paraphrasing, and substituting the author's original words with original vocabulary without changing the underlying meaning.
Answering Procedure:
- Read: Read the question carefully to determine which specific point or detail needs to be explained.
- Highlight: Highlight key terms and keywords in the question prompt and target passage segment.
- Locate: Find the exact matching information or target sentences in the passage.
- Substitute: Replace key words and expressions with precise synonyms or suitable alternative phrasing while retaining the original context and nuance.
- Answer: Express the complete idea in a clear, well-structured, original sentence.

Definition:
- Questions requiring the exact textual extraction of a relevant phrase, sentence, or single word from the passage that matches the meaning or corresponds directly with the prompt requirement.
Answering Procedure:
- Read the question carefully to verify whether it asks for a single word, a short phrase, or a full sentence.
- Highlight key words, key phrases, or the core idea specified in the question prompt.
- Locate the corresponding statement or passage segment containing the exact matching context.
- Lift only what is strictly relevant and wrap the exact extracted text in quotation marks " ".

Scope and Focus:
- Examines how specific words, literary devices, imagery, or phrases create a particular dramatic effect, tone, mood, or mental picture (e.g., figurative language such as metaphors, similes, and personification).
- Evaluates how effectively the reader understands the intensity, nuance, or emotional resonance of an action, sound, sensory detail, or feeling.
Answering Procedure:
- Read the question carefully to identify the word or phrase being analyzed and the intended effect asked for.
- Highlight key ideas and terms in the question.
- Locate the corresponding words and surrounding context in the given sentences.
- Lift relevant details and explain both the literal meaning and the deeper stylistic effect or mental image created.

Vocabulary Questions (Matching Words/Phrases):
- Questions centered on identifying contextually appropriate definitions or finding exact words/phrases in the passage that match a given dictionary definition or synonym.
Quotes and Explanation Questions:
- Questions requiring a two-part response: the identification and lifting of a relevant quote, followed by a thorough, step-by-step explanation of its broader meaning, implications, or stylistic effect.