EOG Questions :What are they asking? For each question, pay attention to the ALL CAPS word or phrase...if you see this word or phrase, what is the question really asking you?
44. Which statement from the selection SUPPORTS the author's position about Chattanooga being a place other towns should mimic?
textual evidence and/or inference
3. Which detail from the selection SUPPORTS the development of the CENTRAL IDEA?
textual support and central idea
14. What EFFECT IS CREATED by the author comparing beauty to hidden treasure?
why did the author
15. How are bullet points USED TO FURTHER the authors purpose?
why did the author
19. What is the IMPACT of line 6 on the meaning of the poem?
why did the author
2. How does the poet's use of words IMPACT the meaning of the poem?
why did the author
32. What is the IMPACT of the imagery on the meaning of the selection?
why did the author
37. What EFFECT does the author create by including the poem in the story?
why did the author
39. WHY DID THE AUTHOR include paragraph 6?
why did the author
41. What is the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE in writing the selection?
why did the author
42. How does the author's use of descriptive language IMPACT the selection?
why did the author
7. In the sentence below, what is CONVEYED by comparing the sound of the wind to a murmur?
why did the author
9. Based on the sentence below, how does the personification of nature EMPHASIZE the author's point of view?
why did the author
16. What was the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE in writing the selection?
why did the author or central idea
29. Which statement SUPPORTS the author's CLAIM below?
textual evidence
43. Which statement is irrelevant to the AUTHOR'S CLAIM that "Chattanooga just keeps getting better"?
textual evidence
31. How does paragraph 5 REFINE THE AUTHOR'S IDEA ?
textual evidence and central idea
26. WHAT DOES THE PHRASE "a troubling group of words that don't behave" MEAN?
context clues
36. In the second stanza of "A Wondrous City," what does "EACH TELLING A STORY OF THEIR OWN' MEAN?
context clues
30. How does the author PROVE HER CLAIM that English users resist making English simplified?
textual evidence and detail
18. Based on the first two lines, what CONCLUSION can you come to about the speakers experience with dreams?
infer/guess based on what you've been told
4. Which statement SUMMARIZES the selection?
central Idea
24. Which statement provides an objective SUMMARY of the text?
central idea
5. What is a HEADING that could be added to the selection?
central idea
6. What is ANOTHER TITLE for the selection?
central idea
12. Which phrase helps DETERMINE THE MEANING of the word subtle?
context clues
25. How does the author UNFOLD HER IDEAS in the first paragraph?
text structure
10. What EVENT creates dramatic changes on Padre Island?
detail
13. Why are sea oats considered a pioneer species? SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC THING.
detail
22. In the last line, how does the bird CONTRIBUTE TO THE THEME?
detail and/or inference and must know the theme
21. In the last stanza, who does "HE" refer to? (WORDS IN QUOTATIONS)
details and/or inference
27. ACCORDING TO THE SELECTION, why is English one of the world's most well documented languages?
details and/or inference
28. WHY WAS WEBSTER (SPECIFIC) unable to convince people to accept his spellings of certain words?
details and/or inference
33. What does the dialogue between these two characters REVEAL about their relationship?
details and/or inference
34. ACCORDING TO THE SELECTION, from what does Anna Maria gain her inspiration?
details and/or inference
35. What does the tour of the house REVEAL about Anna?
details and/or inference
38. ACCORDING TO THE SELECTION, what describes the transformation that has recently taken place in Chattanooga?
details and/or inference
8. What does this sentence REVEAL about the character?
details and/or inference
20. What does the SIMILE in line 8 MEAN?
figurative language meaning
23. What is the meaning of the poem's EXTENDED METAPHOR?
figurative language meaning
1. What can you INFER from line 5?
guess what it means based on text and what you know
11. Which statement EXPLAINS/SUPPORTS the sentence below?
textual evidence
