Three Levels of Questions
Using Cinderella as a model
Level 1: Recall
• The answer is in the text;
explicit, fact (fully and
clearly expressed; leaving
nothing implied)
• This type of questions is
very concrete and
pertains only to the text.
• Asks for facts about what
has been heard or read.
• Information is recalled in
the exact manner/form it
was heard
What were
Cinderella's
slippers made out
of?
How did Cinderella
get to the ball?
Level 2: Analysis/Inference
• The answer can be inferred
from the text.
• This type question,
although more abstract
than a Level One question,
deals only with the text.
• Information can be broken
down into parts.
• It involves examining in
detail, analyzing motives or
causes, making inferences,
finding information to
support generalizations or
decision-making.
• Questions combine
information in a new way.
Why does Cinderella's
stepmother care
whether or not she
goes to the ball?
Why did everything
turn back the way it
was except the glass
slipper?
Why don't the step
sisters like
Cinderella?
Level 3: Synthesis
• The answer goes beyond
the text and inquire into
the value, importance and
application of the
information presented.
• These questions ask that
judgments be made from
information.
• They also give opinions
about issues, judge the
validity of ideas or other
products and justify
opinions and ideas.
Does a woman's
salvation always lie
with a man?
What does it mean to
live happily ever
after?
Does good always
overcome evil?