Example

• What do you mean by…?
• Could you put that another way?
• What do you think is the main issue?
• Could you give us an example?
• Could you expand upon that point further?

• Why is this question important?
• Is this question easy or difficult to answer?
• Why do you think that?
• What assumptions can we make based on this question?
• Does this question lead to other important issues and questions?

• Why would someone make this assumption?
• What is _______ assuming here?
• What could we assume instead?
• You seem to be assuming______.
• Do I understand you correctly?

• What would be an example?
• Why do you think this is true?
• What other information do we need?
• Could you explain your reason to us?
• By what reasoning did you come to that conclusion?
• Is there reason to doubt that evidence?
• What led you to that belief?

• Is this your idea or did you hear if from some place else?
• Have you always felt this way?
• Has your opinion been influenced by something or someone?
• Where did you get that idea?
• What caused you to feel that way?

• What effect would that have?
• Could that really happen or probably happen?
• What is an alternative?
• What are you implying by that?
• If that happened, what else would happen as a result? Why?

• How would other groups of people respond this question? Why?
• How could you answer the objection that ______would make?
• What might someone who believed _____ think?
• What is an alternative?
• How are ____ and ____’s ideas alike? Different?