- What does [word/phrase] mean?
- Why did [character/author] use [word/phrase]?
- Why did [character/author] not use [word/phrase]?
- Why did [character/author] say [statement a] rather than [statement b]?
- Why did [character] do [action] or say [statement]?
- Why did [character/author] include/exclude [specific detail]?
- Why did [character/author] say this in that particular order?
- Who currently speaking?
- To whom is [character/author] speaking?
- Is there any contrast between what [character 1] said/did and what [character 2] said/did?
- Is [statement/discussion/action/detail] significant? How does it fit into the story as a whole?
- What question was asked to prompt [response]?
- Is there any significance to [character/author]'s response to [question]?
- Why is [statement] included when it seems to be false or incomplete?
- What does
it/this/these/they refer to here?
- Does [passage] have any parallels to other passages?
- Does [word/phrase] occur in other scriptures? In what circumstances?
- Why does [passage] begin by connecting/not connecting to previous passages?
- What do I not understand about [passage]?
- How might an answer to [question] help me to better understand the rest of [passage]?
- I've always heard that [doctrine/principle/statement] is true and I've always believed that [passage] teaches it. Does it?
- How does [passage/doctrine/principle/statement] differ from what I’ve assumed to be correct? How do I account for it?
- Is it I? Am I guilty of [thought/attitude/behavior]?
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