Questioning

2 Types of questions; literal and inferential.

Understanding questioning helps you:

● Know how to answer questions on

assignments, tests, and everyday life.

● Process the information your learning, you

use more of your brain!

● Write clearer responses.

Questioning Strategy

Fist to five, how well to understand the
word literal?

When something is literal there is no hidden
meaning, it is straight to the point.

For example, “literally me” OR “I literally just
said that”

literal

When: During the day time

Where: Coming around a
corner

Who: A man and a woman

What: Bumping into each
other

When writing summaries, we use
literal information. It is visible, you
can point to it.

To ask a literal question, start with one of the
summary keywords and write a question that
would be answered in our summary.

Who: a man and a
woman.
Make it a question →

Who bumped into
each other?

A man and woman bumped
into each other.

Now, ask a question
starting with where.
Where did they
bump into each

other?

They bumped into
each other coming
around the corner.

In your group, come up with one or more literal

question. Write it on your whiteboard.

Think, is the question literal?

How do you know?

Is your response literal?

Hint: look in there for a word you recognize!

Fist to five, how well to understand the
word inferential?

Inferential questions often start with why.

You can’t see the answer to an inferential
question. In order to answer you have to
read between the lines.

When something is inferential or
inferred, it is something you think is
true based on evidence and your
knowledge.

For example, why
did they bump into

each other?

To answer this you can take
evidence from the picture, but
you have to read between the
lines and make an inference.

She is shy.

Let’s practice! Is this statement literal or
inferential? Why?

Turn these statements into questions, what
would you ask to get the answers above?

Her hands are covering
her face.

He is dressed in black, with
an eye mask, carrying a bag.

Let’s practice! Is this statement literal or
inferential? Why?

Turn these statements into questions, what
would you ask to get the answers above?

He is a thief.

1. What is in the wagon?

Literal or inferential? Why?

2. Do you think the hamster is
having fun in the wagon?

3. What color is the wagon?

4. Is this meme funny, why or
why not?

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