Briefle words · Prompt craft
Distractors
The wrong options in a multiple-choice question, which should be tempting to someone who misunderstands.
Say it to an AI
Write 2 multiple-choice questions on photosynthesis for 11–12-year-olds, modeled on the example below. Copy its key feature: every wrong option is a common student misconception. Ignore its topic, names and pizza scenario.
How an expert would ask for the stronger version of “Science quiz questions”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →A middle school teacher asks an AI for new quiz questions, reusing a good one from her maths colleague as the model.
Why: A's reply uses 'The soil' as a distractor because many students believe it; B's reply offers 'Light only' and 'Water only', which just split the right answer into pieces and make the full list stand out.
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Room 4 · Examples & references
Learn “Distractors” in a five-minute lesson