Inference Strategy Jeopardy Created by Sharon Bittle Based on the Inference Strategy University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning
Question TypesStrategy StepsDefinitionsKey WordsMiscellaneous
Question Types for $100 Factual and Think and Seek
What are the two types of questions?
Question Types for $200 Big Picture Predicting Clarifying
What are the three types of Think and Seek question?
Question types for $300 The answer is right there in the passage
What is a Factual Question?
Question Types for $400 Tells setting, tone, main idea, message, author’s purpose, summary and theme
What is a Big Picture question?
Question Types for $500 Tells what might happen in the future based on the information you have read
What is a Predicting question?
Strategy Steps For $100 The I step
What is Interact with the question and the passage?
Strategy Steps for $200 The F step
What is Find the clues
Strategy Steps for $300 The R step
What is Return to the question?
The N step Strategy Steps for $400
What is Note what you know?
Daily Double
Strategy Steps for $500 The E step
What is Explore any supporting details?
Definitions for $100 Guess the best answer based on the information you already know
What is the infer?
Definitions for $200 Where the story takes place
What is the setting?
Definitions for $300 The feeling or emotion the author is expressing through use of certain words in the passage
What is tone?
Definitions for $400 A single statement that tells about a long passage
What is a summary?
Definitions for $500 What the author wants the reader to know or understand
What is the theme or message?
Key words for $100 Key words for factual questions
What is who, what, where, how many, and when?
Key Words for $200 Next, future, happen, will, sown the road, effect
What are key words for predicting questions?
Key words for $300 Main idea, message, theme, setting, tone, summarize, mostly about
What are key words for Big Picture question?
Key words for $400 means, meant, cause, reason, compare, same, contrast, different, explain, your own words
What are key words for clarifying questions?
Key words for $500 Find the clues and Explore supporting details
When do you look for key words?
Miscellaneous for $100 Code letter for Factual questions
What is F
Miscellaneous for $200 Must be a complete statement and relate to the information in the passage
What are the requirements of a good answer
Miscellaneous for $300 Persuade, inform, and entertain
What is the author’s purpose
Miscellaneous for $400 Make sure you answer the question
Why do you return to the question?
Miscellaneous for $500 After thinking about the answer, go back to the passage and look for more clues
What is exploring supporting details?