Enhancing Study Techniques
If you don’t
know what
the question
is asking?
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Read the question
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Annotate the key
focus in the question
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Put the key focus
word into your own
words
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Read the text
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Check if the key focus
in your own words is
in the question
Language
Questions
What?
= asking for information to be shared
How?
= In what way
Why?
= for what purpose or reason is this said or
done
Where? =
in what way or in what area
When? =
at what point or time
Question
Stems
Structure
Questions
Listing
Questions
Evaluate
Questions
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List
information
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Use short
sentences
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Refer to the
key focus in
the question
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Select the
information
that suits the
key focus
most closely
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Don’t repeat
ideas
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Language means
words or
phrases that the
writer has used
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Select
interesting
quotations
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Select short and
snappy pieces or
information that
you understand
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Structure means
what has been put
in specific places in
the text
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What happens at
the start?
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The middle/change?
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The end?
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Structure includes:
character, event,
plot, setting,
weather,
juxtaposition,
repetition
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Evaluate means to
offer your opinion
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You must be able to
explore both parts
of the question
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Link the two parts of
the question to the
quotations you have
selected
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Evaluation asks you
to agree or disagree
with the statement
Bullet
points in
questions
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Ignore these and focus on
the structures that you
have learnt
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Listing Question Example
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Select information from the text
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Use a bullet point list to write this
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Use simple sentences to do this
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Choose four different ideas
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Avoid repeating the four ideas
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Make sure you show you understand
what the key focus in the question is asking
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The key focus in the question
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Tells you what you are looking for in the text
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This will change for every extract
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This gives you a clue about what the writer is focusing
on at the start of the extract
(a structure question
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Language Question Example
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In what way?
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The person who wrote the text
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Use words
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Use phrases
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Select short snappy quotations
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Select words or phrases that create an impression
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Select words or phrases that you understand
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The key focus in the question
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Tells you what you are looking for in the text
•
This will change for every extract
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This gives you a clue about what the writer is focusing
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(a structure question
clue)
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information about
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Structure Question Example
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In what way?
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Put events in an order or use a narrative structure or voice
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Introduce a character or setting or detail to the reader
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Create a tone/mood or atmosphere
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Indicate a change
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Show what happens at the start – middle – end of the extract
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The person who wrote the text
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Create an
effect
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Make you
think or
feel
something
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On you
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The person reading the text
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Evaluate Question Example
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Background information
to set up the statement
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The statement
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The first idea to agree or disagree with
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The first idea to link to the quotations you select
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How far do you
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Use adverbs –
completely/slightly/mostly to show
the extent of your agreement
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The second idea
to agree or
disagree with
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The second idea
to link to the
quotations you
select
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Decide your opinion
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Agree or disagree
•
Decide why you think
this
Master techniques for analyzing literature effectively, including listing questions, structure evaluation, and language analysis. Learn how to identify key focuses, select relevant information, and provide concise responses. Explore examples to improve comprehension and critical thinking skills.
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Listing Questions List information Use short sentences Refer to the key focus in the question Select the information that suits the key focus most closely Don t repeat ideas Structure Questions Structure means what has been put in specific places in the text What happens at the start? The middle/change? The end? Structure includes: character, event, plot, setting, weather, juxtaposition, repetition Language Questions Evaluate Questions Evaluate means to offer your opinion You must be able to explore both parts of the question Link the two parts of the question to the quotations you have selected Evaluation asks you to agree or disagree with the statement If you don t know what the question is asking? Language means words or phrases that the writer has used Select interesting quotations Select short and snappy pieces or information that you understand Read the question Annotate the key focus in the question Put the key focus word into your own words Read the text Check if the key focus in your own words is in the question What? = asking for information to be shared How? = In what way Why? = for what purpose or reason is this said or done Where? = in what way or in what area When? = at what point or time Question Stems Bullet points in questions the structures that you have learnt Ignore these and focus on
Listing Question Example Select information from the text Use a bullet point list to write this Use simple sentences to do this what the key focus in the question is asking Make sure you show you understand List four things you learn about the _____________. List four things you learn about the _____________. The key focus in the question Tells you what you are looking for in the text This will change for every extract This gives you a clue about what the writer is focusing on at the start of the extract (a structure question clue) Choose four different ideas Avoid repeating the four ideas
Language Question Example Use words Use phrases Select short snappy quotations Select words or phrases that create an impression Select words or phrases that you understand In what way? How does the writer use language to describe the_______ How does the writer use language to describe the_______? ? Provide information about the key focus The person who wrote the text The key focus in the question Tells you what you are looking for in the text This will change for every extract This gives you a clue about what the writer is focusing on at the start of the extract (a structure question clue)
Structure Question Example Put events in an order or use a narrative structure or voice Introduce a character or setting or detail to the reader Create a tone/mood or atmosphere Indicate a change Show what happens at the start middle end of the extract In what way? How does the writer structure the text to interest the reader How does the writer structure the text to interest the reader The person who wrote the text On you The person reading the text Create an effect Make you think or feel something
Evaluate Question Example The first idea to agree or disagree with The first idea to link to the quotations you select Background information to set up the statement The statement A student said The arrival of the visitors seems exciting and A student said The arrival of the visitors seems exciting and unusual for the villagers, but the writer makes us think that unusual for the villagers, but the writer makes us think that something strange is going to happen To what extent do you something strange is going to happen To what extent do you agree? agree? The second idea to agree or disagree with The second idea to link to the quotations you select How far do you Use adverbs completely/slightly/mostly to show the extent of your agreement Decide your opinion Agree or disagree Decide why you think this
