Analyzing Text Interactions Flashcard

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What does it mean to "analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas" in a text?

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To examine how people, events, and concepts influence each other in the story

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What is the main purpose of analyzing the interactions between events in a nonfiction text?

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To understand how one event leads to another and affects the outcome

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What is being analyzed if a text describes how a scientist’s discovery led to a new invention?

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The interaction between an individual and an event

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Example of an idea influencing an event in a text:

• A character’s birthday party
• A new law causing people to change their behavior
• The description of a setting
• The author’s name

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A new law causing people to change their behavior

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Scenario: "After reading about climate change, a group of students started a recycling program at their school." What interaction is demonstrated?

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An idea influencing individuals and leading to an event

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Analyze to understand how a leader’s decision during a crisis changed history.

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How the leader’s decision (individual) affected the event and its outcome

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What interaction is being analyzed in a text about how the invention of the internet changed communication?

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The interaction between an event (invention) and an idea (communication)

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How can you determine the impact of a historical event on the people involved?

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By analyzing how the event changed their actions or beliefs

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Analyze the interaction in a text describing how a scientist’s new theory led to changes in the way other scientists conducted experiments.

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The influence of the new idea on the actions of others

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How to analyze a text showing a major event causing opinion changes?

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By examining how the event influenced the individuals’ ideas