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QAR: Question Answer Relationship


The best way to know how to answer a question is to be able to identify its type.
What are the four kinds of questions used by textbooks?

        Right There                             
     
Typically the answer is in the text and easy to find.

Words to generate and answer the question are right there in the
 same sentence.        


Author & You


The answer to the question is not
 found in the selection.

You need to rely on prior experience,
information provided by the author,
and your reasoning for how it all fits together.
Think & Search


You will need to put different
 parts of the selection together to answer the question.  

Words used to make and answer the question are not found in the
 same sentence.

The answer to the question can
 come from different parts of the text.

 On My Own


The answer to the question is not
 found in the selection.


The question can be answered by reading the selection, but mainly by relying on your own experience to answer the question.