Thanks, fivejedjon, Raymott
Then, in this way~~
For these sentence,
1. Sally’s diary provided her mother with a detailed chronicle of her daughter ’s extracurricular activities.
to ask "chronicle", can I change it into "What was it about her daughter ’s extracurricular activities that Sally’s diary provide her mother with?"?
Not really.
Q. What did Sally's diary provider her mother with? -
A: A detailed chronicle of her daughter's activities.
These question are rather strange if you want a one-word answer. There's no way to get "chronicle" from a question. For academic purposes, you could ask: "What did Sally's diary provider her mother with that was a detailed summary of her daughter's extracurricular activities?"
2. The patient was alarmed by the callowness of the medical staff.
to ask "callowness", can I change it into "What was it about the medical staff that the patient was alarmed by?"?
The answer is "their callousness".
3. We wished the tone of Irwin’s words would have a more pleasing cadence, but he spoke in a dull monotone.
to ask "cadence", can I change it into "What did we wish would the tone of Irwin’s words have? But he spoke in a dull monotone."?
No, you can't get "cadence" from that. That problem is the same as in the first example.
Besides, you're not "changing" a sentence into a question. You are forming a question to ask about a specific word in a sentence already given.
4. I don't think the incarceration of young people would help because...
to ask "incarceration", can I change it into "What was it about young people that I don’t think would help?"?
5. Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.
to ask "affluent", can I change it into "Among what type of people does cigarette smoking used to be commoner?"?