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1 Question Stem Samples - Grades 4 & 5 According to the passage, what made look/appear? (MC) Select two phrases from the passage that show that the main character is. (HT) Which sentence from the text shows that the main character feels uneasy about his (father) doing? (MC) Select the phrases from the text that support the idea that the main character feels about. (HT) Part A: How does the main character feel about? Part B: Select the phrases from the text that support your answer in Part A. (2 part HT) Select details from the text that support the theme. (HT) What does this passage suggest about? (MC) Part A: How does the main character respond to? Part B: What does the main character's response reveal about? (2 part HT) What does this passage suggest about? Use details from the text to support your response (OR) Which statement correctly summarizes the passage? (MC) How do Character A and Character C respond when Character B admits that? (MC) Part A: Character B admits that. How are the responses of Character A and Character C similar? Part B: Select two sentences from the text that support your response in Part A. (2 part HT) Compare and contrast how Character A feels about Character B after different events in the passage. Part A: How does Character B's make Character A feel about him/her? Part B: How does Character A feel toward Character B after she/he? (MC) What does the word mean as it is used in paragraph? (MC) Read the following sentence.... What does the author reveal with this sentence? (MC) Read these sentences from the passage... What does the phrase suggest about the impact of Character B's on Character A? (MC) Read these sentences from the passage... Part A: What does Character A mean when he says? Part B: What does this phrase suggest about Character B's? (2 part HT)

2 How does the author prepare the reader for the rest of the passage in paragraphs 1 and 2? (MC) How do the events in paragraphs contribute to the reader's understanding of Character A's feelings toward Character B? (MC) Part A: How do paragraphs and contribute to overall development of the main character? Part B: Select details from each paragraph to support your response. (2 part HT) What does the reader know about the main character because the story is told from his/her point of view? (MC) Part A: From whose perspective is the story told? Part B: How does this affect what the reader knows about the personality of Character B? (2 part HT) Part A: How does the narrator of the story help the reader understand Character B's personality? Part B: Select the details from the text that support your response in Part A. (2 part HT) What does the reader know about the main character because the story is told from his point of view? (MC) Part A: From whose perspective is the story told? Part B: How does this affect what the reader knows about the personality of Character B? (2 part HT) Part A: How does the narrator of the story help the reader understand Character B's personality? Part B: Select the details from the text that support your response in Part A. (2 part HT) How does the picture of the... support the author's message? (MC) Explain how the image of the... helps convey the meaning of the passage. (OR) Part A: What is the tone of the passage? Part B: How does the picture help to convey this tone? (2 part HT) Which sentence best summarizes the presentation? (MC) In both passages, the characters discover places that have a powerful impact on them. Part A: Select a line from Passage A that demonstrates the impact of... Part B: Select a line from Passage B that demonstrates the impact of... (2 part HT) What is the primary reason many... are offering...? (MC) Select two phrases from the article that show the changes that are occurring in... (HT)

3 Which sentence from the text shows that parents would most likely agree with the idea that it is better for... to complete a/an...? (MC) Part A: How would... most likely want to...? Part B: Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in Part A? (2 part HT) Part A: Based on the information in the text, how do... most likely feel about...? Part B: Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in Part A? (2 part HT) What are the two main ideas presented in the article/passage/video? (MS) Part A: What are the two main ideas presented in the article? Part B: Select two details from the text that support these ideas. (2 part HT) Which sentence best summarizes the article/text/passage/video? (MC) Which events from the...'s... influenced their... (MS) The author of Article A states that... was... by... just as stated in the text. Part A: Which details from the texts reveal who or what...? Part B: Which details form the texts reveal how... did...? (OR) Select the word or phrase from the paragraph that helps the reader understand the meaning of the word... (HT) Read this sentence from the text. Part A: What does the phrase... mean? Part B: Select phrases from the text that reveal the meaning of... (2 part HT) What does the phrase... suggest about the...? (MC) The two texts present information about... in different ways. Part A: What is the overall structure of Article A? Part B: What is the overall structure of Article B? (2 part HT) Part A: How is the structure of Article A different from that of Article B? Part B: Select a detail from each text that demonstrates this difference. (2 part HT) Part A: What information in Article A helps the reader understand the overall structure? Part B: What information in Article B helps the reader understand the overall structure? (2 part HT) What information does the reader learn from Article A that is not included in Article B? (MC) Both authors reference... What do the authors suggest about... by using this quotation? (MC) How does point of view impact what the reader learns about the... in each text? (MC)

4 Part A: How does point of view affect what the reader learns about... in each text? Part B: Select a sentence from each article that supports your response. (2 part HT) Which sentence best summarizes the presentation? (MC) Part A: Select the statement that best describes the speaker's claim. Part B: Select the evidence that the speaker uses to support the claim. (2 part HT) What evidence does the author use to support the idea that students should be required to...? (MS) Describe the reasons the author provides to support the idea that students should not be required to... Use at least two details from the text in your response. (OR) Part A: How does the author use similar evidence to support opposing viewpoints in the text? Part B: Select a phrase or sentence from each viewpoint to support your answer. (2 part HT) Based on the information in Article A,... would be a good addition to... Part A: Select a sentence from Article A that supports the claim. Part B: Select a sentence from Article B that shows why this addition would be beneficial. (2 part HT) Based on the information in Article A, should... do/offer/provide...? (MC) 3rd grade items: Select two sentences that show that the main character is excited about the... (HT) How do we know that the main character's... did...? (MC) Select the example from the text that shows that Character A did... to Character B. (HT) Part A: Based on information in the passage, how does the reader know that the main character has...? Part B: Select details from the text to support your answer. (2 part HT) Which of the following does the main character do first? (MC) Place the events from the story in the correct order. (GI - Grid Item) What is the central idea of the passage? (MC) One of the lessons of the passage is... Select two details from the passage that support this idea. (HT) Select the central idea of the passage. Then, select a quotation from the passage that supports this idea. (2 part HT) Select the sentences in the story that show that the main character is... (HT)

5 The main character is... in the passage. Select the sentences that show this feeling/etc. (HT) Part A: How does the main character feel in the paragraph below? Part B: Select the sentences that show this feeling/etc. (2 part HT) How are Character A's actions affected by Character B's actions? (MC) Which of the following phrases describes both the main character's behavior and the author's writing? (MC) What does the word... mean in the passage? (MC) Part A: Choose the correct meaning of the word... as the author uses it in the passage. Part B: Select the words from the passage that help the reader understand what... means. (2 part HT) Part A: What does the author mean by the phrase...? Part B: How does the author illustrate this phrase in the passage? (2 part HT) What does... mean as it is used in the passage? (MC) What does the author suggest by that phrase "..."? (MC) What would the reader miss if the... were not included? (HT) In the story, the author uses... to share information with the reader. What do the... show the reader? (MC) Select the part of the story that is told from the point of view of someone other than the main character. (HT) From which character's point of view is the story told? (MC) What does the illustration in the passage tell the reader about the narrator? (MC) What is the main idea of the presentation? (MC) Which detail from the presentation supports the idea that...? (MC) Select words or phrases from the text that identify the mood of the illustration. (MS) What is a similarity in the way pictures are used in both stories? (OR) How are the plots of both passages similar? (MC) How are the settings of both stories similar? (MC) Part A: Choose the sentence that shows a similarity between the theme of each of the two stories. Part B: Choose a phrase from each passage to support your answer in Part A. (2 part HT)

6 When was... found? (MC) Select a detail from the article that shows that the... was made for... (HT) Why was the location of... described as...? (OR) Which of the following best describes the main idea of the article? (MC) What is the main idea of the article? (OR) Part A: Select the statement that describes the main idea of the article. Part B: Select a sentence from the article that best supports your answer. (2 part HT) Select the phrase that describes how the chronological structure helps the reader to understand the process of... (MC) How does the structure of the text help the reader to understand how... are...? (OR) What does the word... mean as it is used in the article? (MC) What does the phrase "..." mean as it is used in the article? (MC) What does the author suggest by the phrase "..."? (MC) Which of the following information can be found using the footnotes in the article? (MC) Select the information i the article that explains... (HT) Which of the following correctly states the point of view in the article? (MC) Select the words in the text that show what information the illustration provides the reader. (HT) Which of the following phrases correctly describes what the illustration contributes to the text? (MC) What is the main idea of the presentation? (MC) Which detail from the presentation supports the idea that...? (MC) Which of the following descriptions explains the relationship between paragraphs... and... (these were #s in the sample) of Article 1? (MC) Select the sentence in the article that demonstrates a shift between storytelling and factual explanation. (HT) How is the (person in text) in Article 1 different from the (person in text) in Article 2? (MC)

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