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Analyzing a Text- Day 3: The Hidden Message

Analyzing a Text- Day 3: The Hidden Message

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Social Studies

9th Grade

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Easy

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Jacob Beagley

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6 Slides • 4 Questions

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Multiple Choice

When analyzing a text, what is your main goal?

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To summarize every paragraph exactly as written

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To explain how the author’s ideas and details work together

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To memorize every fact

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To count the number of paragraphs

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Multiple Choice

A text’s central idea can often be found by—

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Looking for a repeated message or theme throughout the passage

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Only reading the introduction

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Reading the author’s biography

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Skipping to the conclusion

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Multiple Choice

What should you do if two paragraphs seem to have different main ideas?

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Pick one and ignore the other

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Look for how both connect to an overall central idea

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Assume the author changed topics completely

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Choose the longer paragraph’s idea as the main one

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Multiple Choice

How can you summarize an entire passage after analyzing it?

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Only summarize the first paragraph

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Copy one paragraph directly from the text

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Write every example the author uses

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Combine the main idea and key details into one clear statement in your own words

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