Tell it in your own words.
Wasn't it funny when.........! Tell me what you remember.
Explain how.......
Describe ..........
Describe anything NEW you just learned from the chapter.
Tell me five things you learned about......
Tell me about (one of the characters). (Analyzing Character)
How did Character A behave differently than Character B? (Parallel Characters)
Tell me about Character A. (Analyzing Character)
Why did Character A do .......? (Character Point of View)
What did you learn about (Character name) in this chapter?
Tell me all you know about ......(Location).
Tell me all you know about .......(Occurrence).
How did ........ feel?" (Analyzing Mood)
What makes this story pretend? (Fantasy vs. Reality)
What clues told you that ........ was about to happen? (Making Inferences)
Why do you think .......... happened? (Drawing Conclusions)
Tell me exactly what happened in order. (Sequence of Events/Steps in a Process)
What do you think of .......? (Making Judgments/Decisions)
Describe the person telling the story. (Narrator's Point of View)
Tell the most interesting thing about ...... (Fact vs. Opinion)
Describe what happened because of ....... (Cause and Effect)
Tell me all the ways ....... and ....... were the same/different. (Compare and Contrast)
Is the ending/chapter good or bad and why? (Making Judgments)
Compare the actions of two characters (Comparing/Contrasting)
Compare book with another by the same author. (Comparing Works of Same Author)
Why did the author write the story this way? (Author's Purpose)
How did the author know about these kinds of things? (Author's Point of View)
What was the author saying about ........ ? (Author's Point of View)
What do you think is going to happen next? Why? (Foreshadowing)
Is there a hero? Who is it? (Finding the protagonist)
What is the problem? Who is it between? (Helps to find the antagonist)