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SPECIFIC QUESTION TYPES
Nearly all questions fall into 10 distinct types:
Macro Questions - cover general issues
1. Main idea
2. Purpose of the passage
3. Tone
4. Organization of the passage
5. Category of Writing (Advanced)
6. Identity of the author (Advanced)
Micro Questions - refer to specific elements of the essay
7. Detail of the passage
8. Definition of a term or phrase
9. Support for a premise – Where’s the proof?
10. Function of part of the passage (Advanced)
Macro/Micro
11. Inference
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