RI6.3 Course: Module 1 Development of Individuals/Events/Ideas

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the purpose of understanding how key individuals, events, and ideas interact throughout a text?

• To memorize facts and details

• To identify the main topic only

• To convey meaning and understand connections between paragraphs

• To focus only on illustrations

Multiple Choice

Which three key elements does RI.6.3 encourage students to analyze in informational texts?

• People, concepts/thoughts, important happenings

• Authors, readers, texts

• Events, ideas, individuals

• Facts, opinions, statistics

Multiple Select

Explain how analyzing interactions between individuals, events, and ideas can help you understand the central idea of a text.

• Analyzing only events reveals the main theme of a text.
• Analyzing interactions helps you to see how paragraphs connect to each other to convey the central idea of the text

• analyzing the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas helps you to see the impact an individual action has on a group of people or society

• Ignoring interactions simplifies understanding the central idea.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are ways authors can introduce, illustrate, or elaborate key individuals, events, or ideas in a text?

• Using statistics and facts

• Using anecdotes and descriptive details

• Using rhetorical questions and figurative language

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What type of language techniques did the author use to develop this main idea?

• Humorous anecdotes and generalizations.
• Technical jargon and abstract concepts.
• Metaphorical language and vague statements.
• emotional language and personal observations

Multiple Choice

What three steps should you take when formulating a written response to a RI6.3 question that ask you about the development of ideas, events and individuals ?

• Summarize the main ideas, list unrelated events, and ignore examples.
• restate the question, include language technique and explain what the author used the technique to do

• Describe personal opinions, focus on unrelated individuals, and skip analysis.
• Identify irrelevant details, provide vague responses, and avoid structure.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how John Rolfe is first introduced in the passage?

• As a young man whose future influence on Virginia could not yet be predicted

• As an experienced explorer who had traveled widely before going to Virginia

• As a wealthy investor chosen by the Virginia Company for leadership

• As a famous historical figure widely known across England

Multiple Choice

How does the author elaborate on Rolfe’s early hardships?

• By explaining that he failed several times before successfully growing tobacco

• By showing how Rolfe’s plantation later became profitable

• By listing all the jobs Rolfe held in England before leaving

• By describing the three-day storm, the shipwreck in Bermuda, and the loss of his family

Multiple Choice

How does the author elaborate on Rolfe’s impact on the colony’s economy?

• By describing the speeches Rolfe gave to promote tobacco

• By explaining how Rolfe crossed Caribbean tobacco with local tobacco to create a profitable export

• By stating that Rolfe collected taxes from colonists who grew tobacco

• By showing that Rolfe introduced new crops such as wheat and corn

Multiple Choice

How does the author elaborate on Rolfe’s importance to Virginia’s long-term success?

• By explaining that Rolfe taught agriculture in schools

• By describing laws Rolfe created to protect farmers

• By showing that his actions—traveling to Virginia, planting tobacco, and marrying Pocahontas—shaped the colony’s future

• By listing his descendants and their accomplishments

Multiple Choice

By the end of this RI 6.3 course, what should you be able to identify and explain when reading informational text?

• Identify and explain how key individuals, events and ideas are introduced, illustrated and elaborated.

• Summarize the main themes and character development in fiction texts.
• Analyze the emotional tone and style of poetry.
• Identify the historical context and author biography in novels.