1. Answering Questions
Restating the Question *

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Yes.
What was the question?
How many questions could be answered this way? *

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Because I didn’t need to.
What was the question?
How many questions could be answered this way? *

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John felt scared when he saw the witch.
What was the question?
How many questions could be answered this way? *

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No, this wasn’t the first time Rebecca found her shoes.
What was the question?
How many questions could be answered this way? *

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To find out if you restated the question as part of your answer, always ask yourself,
“Will other people know what the question was when they read my answer?” *

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What question was asked to get this answer:
When the girls helped Reggie pick up the books he dropped in the hallway, that is when they showed they finally matured. *

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What question was asked to get this answer:
No, because if he did, then the other people wouldn’t have done it too. *

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What question was asked to get this answer:
Yes, Frank should have told Robert about the spider living in Robert’s sleeping bag so Robert wouldn’t have been bitten. *

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What question was asked to get this answer:
It is wrong because they decided that fifty people couldn’t fit. *

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What question was asked to get this answer:
It was important for Sally to win the contest so she could help pay for her grandmother’s surgery. *

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What question was asked to get this answer:
Because they found the other three first. *

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You should always answer all questions by restating the question as part of the answer, unless you are told to do otherwise. *

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How do you know if you used enough of the words in the question in your answer? [please answer – I will show my answer in a moment]
You will know if you used enough of the words from the question if other people know what the question was when they read the answer. *

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Get out a piece of paper.
Put your name, date and hour on it.
Skip down a couple of lines and put a #1 on it.
Answer the following question by restating the question as part of the answer. *

16. #1 What is your favorite color?*

17. #2 When was the last time you ate pizza?*

18. #3 What is your favorite thing to do on weekends?*

19. #4 Why should kids go to bed early on school nights?*

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#5 Why might it be important to restate a question?
Answer:
It might be important to restate a question so that other people know what is being talked about.
Another reason why it might be important to restate a question is to help the person answering the question think about the question, and make sure they are focused on the correct thing. *

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#6 How much of the question should be restated in an answer?
Answer There should be enough of the question restated in the answer so that anyone reading the answer would know what the original question was. *

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#7 When should you restate the question as part of an answer?
Answer You should always restate questions as part of the answer unless told otherwise. *