Typical Questions
- "Based on the text, how did … most likely feel?"
- "According to the text, why are ... worried about ...? "
How to Approach
- Infer a character's feeling, attitude, or motive from clues (diction, gestures, imagery, context)
- Evidence is scattered; often a single word ("impatiently", "glowing").
- Distractors restate events but miss the emotional shade.
Typical Trap & Quick Fix
- Focusing on events, not emotions—e.g., what happened but not what was felt
- Underline emotion words (verbs/adjectives); ask if tone is +, –, or neutral
Signal Clues
- fortunately, oddly, ironically, clearly, sadly, even though, surprisingly