1. Are all questions the same? Are some harder than others?
Levels of Questioning
Are all questions the same? Are some harder than others?

2. Level I Questions: Recall
Readers can point to one correct answer directly in the text. Words found in these questions include:
1. defining 5. observing
2. describing 6. naming
3. identifying 7. reciting
4. noting 8. listing

3. Level I Examples What were Cinderella’s slippers made out of?
How did Cinderella get to the ball?

4. Level II Questions: Analysis and Inference
Readers infer answers from what the text indirectly states, finding answers in several places in the text. Words found in these questions include:
1. analyzing 4. grouping
2. synthesizing 5.comparing/contrasting
3. inferring 6. sequencing

5. Level II Examples
Why does Cinderella’s stepmother care whether or not she goes to the ball?
Why did everything turn back to the way it was except the glass slipper?
Why don’t the step sisters like Cinderella?

6. Level III Questions: Synthesis
Go beyond the text and inquire into the value, importance and application of the information presented. Words found in these questions include:
1. evaluating 5.judging
2.applying a principle speculating
3.imagining 7.predicting
4.hypothesizing

7. Level III Examples Why does a woman’s salvation always lie with a man?
What does it mean to live happily ever after?
Does good always overcome evil?

8. So Basically… Level I: Level II: Level III: Who, What, Where?
The facts
Level II:
Why?
Level III:
What is the bigger picture?