Question-Answer Relationships can help you develop and answer questions about your reading selection. Below you will find a chart which will help you understand the four different types of questions. You can use this information to write your own questions or to help you answer reading questions as well.
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Right There The answer is in the text, usually easy to find. The words used to make up the question and words used to answer the question are right there in the same sentence. |
Author and You The answer is not in the story. You need to think about what you already know, what the author tells you in the text, and how it fits together. |
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Think and Search The answer is in the selection, but you need to put together different pieces of information to find it. Words for the question and words for the answer are not found in the same sentence. They come from different places in the selection. |
On My Own The answer is not in the selection. You can even answer the question without reading the selection. You need to use your own experience. Students ask this type of question to bring out their prior knowledge. |
QAR Sample Questions
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.
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Right There
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Author and You
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Think and Search
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On My Own
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