AQUA – Analyzing, Questioning, Understanding, and Answering
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Author:
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What do I already understand about the text?
Guiding Questions:
 How is the text organized? (sentences/stanzas/structure)
 What is the central idea of the text?
 What stands out to me? (information/words/ideas)
 What do the author’s words make me see or feel? (mood)
 What is the author’s tone?
 What confuses me?
 What is the author’s purpose?
 For whom is this text written? (audience)
Text-Specific Questions:
You must pull a direct quote from the text to create a text-specific
question. You cannot create generalized questions like the
following: “What does this mean?”