Question and Answer Relationships

Examples from The Outsiders

Right There Questions

These answers are right in the text, and they are usually easy to find.

The words used to make up the question are RIGHT THERE in the text.

The words used to answer the question are RIGHT THERE in the same sentence.

Ex. – Right There Question

What do the Curtis boys like to eat for breakfast?

Answer: chocolate cake Proof: p.105 “All three of us like

chocolate cake for breakfast.”

Putting It Together Questions

The answer to these questions is in the text, but you need to put together different pieces in information to find it.

Words for the question and words for the answer are not found in the same sentence.

They come from different places in the selection.

Ex. – Putting It Together Question

How do the greasers show their loyalty to one another? Give three examples.

Answer –› Johnny defends Dally to Marcia and Cherry

even though he just told him to “lay-off” them. (p. 26)

› Dally helps Johnny and Pony after Bob is killed. (pp. 58-62)

› The Curtis brothers leave the front door unlocked at night in case one of their buddies needs a place to stay. (p. 105)

Putting It Together Questions

Notice the answer for this question comes from three sections of the book.

The examples come from page 26, pages 58-62, and page 105.

You had to “put together” the information to answer the question.

Putting It Together Questions

Common subjects› character traits› conflict› theme› mood› tone

Author and You Questions

The answer is NOT in the story. To answer the question use

› background knowledge› what the author tells you in the text› how it fits together

Ex. – Author and You Questions

Why does Ponyboy write The Outsiders?

Ex. – Author and You Question

Possible Answer› Ponyboy probably wants to tell his story to help

other teenagers who are feeling left out. He wants them to know what Johnny said. He states, “It was too late to tell Dally.” (p. 177) However, he realizes there are probably hundreds of other kids who might benefit from hearing what he has to stay. He also may have written it as a tribute to his dead friends. If my friends died the way Johnny and Dally died, I would probably want to make sure they hadn’t died in vain. I would want their story told.

On My Own Questions

Answer is not in the text You don’t have to have read the text to

answer the question. These questions are answered using

your own experience. These questions are often thematic in

nature.

Ex. – On My Own Question

What affect can a teen’s peer group have on his or her behavior?

In what ways can a group of non-related people still function like a family?