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There are 13 different types of questions found on standardized tests.

Context Clues: You will determine the meaning of a word based on its context. To check your answer, try using it in the sentence from the text to be sure it makes sense.

Root Words: You will draw on your knowledge of word roots and affixes to determine the meaning of a word. To check your answer, try using it in the sentence from the text to be sure it makes sense.

Figurative Language: You will answer questions about the meaning of figurative language and symbolism used by an author. To check your answer, ask yourself whether it fits with the overall meaning of the text.

Characterization: You will describe an author's use of characterization. Look back at the text to find information that supports your answer.

Setting: You will tell how the setting of a work contributes to its effect. Ask yourself how the work would be different if it were set in a different time or place.

Plot: You will answer questions about the plot of a story or narrative. Double-check your answer by looking back at the story.

Theme/Main Idea: You will identify the theme of a work of literature or the main idea of a work of nonfiction. Make sure that your answer choice is broad enough to encompass the entire work.

Author's Style: You will determine how an author's choice of words and literary devices contributes to his or her work. Check your answer by rereading the work to make sure it fits the work as a whole.

Inferring/Drawing Conclusions: You will make inferences and draw conclusions based on the text. While the answer will not be stated in the text, you should find statements in the text that support your inference or conclusion.

Summarizing/Paraphrasing: you will identify the best summary of a passage or the best paraphrase or a sentence. Make sure that all the important ideas from the passage or sentence are included in the summary or paraphrase.

Chronological Order: you will determine the order of events in a text. Pay close attention to verb tenses; writers do not always tell events in the order in which they happened.

Fact and Opinion: You will distinguish fact from opinion. Remember that a fact can be proved, while an opinion cannot.

Author's Purpose: You will determine the purpose for which the text was written. make sure the entire text serves the purpose you choose.