What is does it mean to elaborate?

going beyond the basic explanation by adding more information

What is a ghetto? Use the context clue in the following sentence. Jews were sent to the Ghetto before they were sent to concentration camps.

a part of town where Jews were captured and sent

a run down environment where Jews lived

a place where Jews did their thinking

What does holocaust mean? Use the context clues in the following sentence: During the holocaust 6 million Jews were put to death.

an annihilation of European Jewry

Read the following short passage: What do the symbols mean on the bottom of plastic bottles and containers? These symbols were created by plastic manufacturers to help people identify the kind of plastic resin used to make the container. This can help you determine if the container can be accepted by your local recycling program. The resin number is contained in a triangle, which looks very similar to the recycling symbol, but this does not necessarily mean it can be collected for recycling in your community. How does the author elaborate on the use of symbols on the bottoms of plastic containers?

by explaining what the symbols mean

By explaining the processes used to recycle different types of plastics based on symbols

by explaining that the symbols show the locations where plastic products can be recycled

by explaining how the symbols are assigned and providing a chart to rank them in importance

How does the author elaborate about the experiments in the following paragraph? Several of the seventy or more medical-research projects conducted by the Nazis between the fall of 1939 and spring of 1945 were conducted at Auschwitz (“Auschwitz Medical Experimentation”). Well over two hundred doctors were involved in the operation of concentration camps, conduction’ Selektionen’ medical services, and research (“Auschwitz Medical Experimentation”). These experiments were done on humans held against their own will, because the victims were thought to be lower than rats in the minds of the Germans.

Details about how many projects were conducted as well as who was involved.

Details about the horrors of medical experimentation

How does the author introduce the idea that environments around deep-sea vents exist (in the paragraphs)? Imagine a place where rock “chimneys” as tall as buildings belch black smoky water hot enough to fry an egg. Just a few inches away, giant tubeworms gently sway to and fro, clams as big as footballs wedge themselves among the rocks, and blind crabs scurry about in search of food. • This might sound like the opening of a science fiction novel, but it isn’t. Such a place does exist right here on Earth.

C. The author describes an unbelievable underwater scene

A. The author explains the underwater setting of a movie.

B. The author reveals the extreme temperatures present near the ocean floor

D. The author lists the wide variety of creatures that live in the ocean

Jack was especially fond of Uncle Sigmund, his father's younger brother, who was only seventeen when Jack was born. "Uncle Sig looked older than he was because he had lost most of his hair due to a childhood illness," Jack recalled. How does the author introduce the idea that he is fond of his Uncle?

The author describes how Jack's Uncle looks

The author explains how Jack's Uncle treats him

How is the fact that Jadzia is studious illustrated in the following paragraph? "Their sister, Jadzia (Ya-jah), was serious and studious. She was three years older than jack. "Jadzia loved music and listened to Italian opera on the radio while she did her homework," Jack said.

by providing examples of how studious she is

by providing statistics about her interests

by including the pronunciation of her name

“According to the National Buffalo Museum of North Dakota, the odds of a white calf being delivered to a normally pigmented adult are roughly one in eight million. The odds of an albino buffalo being born are one in one billion. A proud, old, while bull named Big Medicine was the first documented example. Born in 1923, he lived thirty-six healthy years. His son, also a white calf, was born in 1937, but died only twelve years later. These two were the only known white buffaloes born in seventy-one years.” How does the author elaborate on the idea that the births of albino buffalos are uncommon?

B. by providing details about how few albino buffalos are born

A. by providing accounts regarding the first recorded births of albino buffalos

C. by providing current statistics about albino buffalos born in captivity

D. by providing examples of births of albino buffalos throughout history

Black and white abolitionists in the first half of the nineteenth century waged a biracial assault against slavery. Their efforts proved to be extremely effective. Abolitionists focused attention on slavery and made it difficult to ignore. They heightened the rift that had threatened to destroy the unity of the nation even as early as the Constitutional Convention. What does this anecdote about abolitionists help clarify?

There were black and white abolitionists

White abilitionists were not concerned about slavery

Abolitionists were members of the Constitutional Convention

How does the author elaborate on the idea that Hitler disliked the Jews in the paragraph below? "...like many Germans and other Europeans, hated the Jews. This hatred went back to ancient rivalries and misunderstandings over religion and nationality. Hitler made the Jews the scapegoat for Germany's loss of World War I and for its economic problems.

By providing the reason why he hated the Jews

By providing descriptions of the Jews

By providing statistics (Percentages) about the Jewish population

By providing information about his familial background

RI 6.3 Key Individual, Event, or Idea (take 2)

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is a key individual in a text?

main character

minor character

antagonist

bystander

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

All of the following are key events in a story EXCEPT:

falling action scene

minor event

rising action scene

climax

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a key idea?

Central Idea

Supporting Details

One fact in the story

A minor character's name

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean to introduce?

the method a writer uses at the conclusion of a text

the method the write uses to first suggest an idea

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does the writer introduce the idea, event, or key individual?

at the beginning of a text or at the beginning of a paragraph

at the end of a paragraph

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

All of the following are ways that a writer introduces an idea, event, or individual EXCEPT:

captions

facts

quotes

descriptions/anecdotes

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean to illustrate?

including captions or at the beginning of a paragraph

giving examples or evidence

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

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RI 6.3 Key Individual, Event, or Idea (take 2)

Who is a key individual in a text?

All of the following are key events in a story EXCEPT:

What is a key idea?

What does it mean to introduce?

Where does the writer introduce the idea, event, or key individual?

All of the following are ways that a writer introduces an idea, event, or individual EXCEPT:

What does it mean to illustrate?

What is does it mean to elaborate?

What is a ghetto? Use the context clue in the following sentence. Jews were sent to the Ghetto before they were sent to concentration camps.

What is a concentration camp? Use the context clue in the following sentence: Anne Frank was sent to a concentration camp after the Germans found her hiding with her family in a basement.

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