READING COMPREHENSIO

N QUESTIONS:The Three Basic Types…What are

they and how can good readers tell the difference?

READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS Check reader understanding Allow readers to think about what they

have read Give readers the opportunity to make

connections with their reading

THREE BASIC TYPES OF READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

LITERAL INFERENTIAL

CRITICAL

LITERAL QUESTIONS Usually the easiest to answer. Information can be found right in the

reading. Questions can be answered using

language word-for-word from the reading.

EX: How old was EdNah when she came to Crown Point?

“I was seven-nearly eight-years old.” (pg 5)

INFERENTIAL QUESTIONS More difficult than literal reading

comprehension questions. The information cannot be found word-

for-word in one place. The reader takes two or more pieces of

information, puts them together, and reads between the lines to come to a conclusion.

Ex: Did the children have much parental guidance during the summer?

No, because they were always doing troublesome things and getting into mischief.

CRITICAL COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS Usually the most difficult to answer. Many critical reading comprehension

questions ask the reader to make a personal judgment or decision, analyze character behavior, or re-imagine events from another perspective. Answers cannot be found in the reading.

Critical reading comprehension questions require readers to think BEYOND the text.

Ex: How would EdNah’s life at Crown Point have been different if Naneh and Little Fat did not befriend her?

NOW… Choose one of the chapters that we

have already read and compose one of each type of question for it.

Literal:

Inferential:

Critical: