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Blooms taxonomy gives the students an idea of higher and lower order thinking skills.

Types of Questions:

A reading comprehension passage attempts to test a student’s reading skills, and ability to recall, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate and create content based on the passage. A variety of questions are framed to cover the above listed areas of Bloom’s taxonomy. The following are examples of the types of questions that are based on the passage.

• Asking specific details from the content/body of the passage - remember and understand

• Determining the meaning of words/phrases/idioms used in the passage (from the context) - understand and apply

• Drawing inferences and conclusions - analyze, evaluate

• Identifying the tone of the speaker /author/ passage - evaluate

• Main idea/theme of the passage - understands, apply, evaluate