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3. Divergent Questions * used to stimulate imaginative and creative thought or investigate cause and affect relationships or provoke deeper thought or extensive investigations. * Erickson. H. L, (2007) said "These questions allow students to explore different avenues and create many different variations and alternative answers or scenarios. * Example: Why is painful love so often intertwined with good literature? What is its never ending appeal to readers? 4. Evaluative Questions * In attempting to answer evaluative questions, students may be combining multiple logical and/or affective thinking process or comparative framework. * Erickson. H. L, 2007) added "These types of questions usually require sophisticated levels of cognitive and / or emotional judgment" * Examples: * What are the similarities and differences between the deaths of Ophelia when compared to that of Juliet? * What are the similarities and differences between Roman gladiatorial games and modern football? 5. Combination Questions - questions that mix together any combination of factual, convergent, divergent or evaluative