TDA Review - Unit 2 Test - 4th

What does TDA stand for?

• Test Determined Aquatics

• Text Dependent Analysis

• Text Dependent Arithemetic

I should always look at the _________, when wondering what to write about after reading the TDA prompt.

• SET UP

• TASK

• DIRECTIONS

In determining what the big idea of the story is before writing the TDA, I can ask myself these two questions:

• How do I write a TDA?

• What is the story mainly about?

• What is the author's knowledge of this topic?

• What is the main lesson or message the author wants me to learn or know about?

The parts of an INTRODUCTION paragraph are...

• Title, summary, thesis

• Title, summary, transition

• Title, thesis

• Title, thesis, task

A strong thesis statement should...

• Connect to the prompt

• Use key words

• Be your answer to the prompt found in the text

• Be at the end of your introduction and restated in the conclusion

A good BODY paragraph would include...

• Evidence found in the text

• No transitions

• Inferences showing what I think

• Direct quotes but no paraphrasing

A strong example of a body paragraph EVIDENCE transition would be:

• From this I believe

• First,

• This makes me think,

• In the text it says,

A strong example of a body paragraph INFERENCE transition would be:

• In the text the author states that,

• This proves that,

• My answer is right because,

• My thinking is,

Inferences should...

• Show what the author states in the text. It can be done with direct quotes or paraphrasing.

• Show MY thoughts on the evidence. It is a conclusion the reader makes using clues from the text.

True or False: I should only use either Direct Quotes OR Paraphrasing, but never both.

• TRUE

• FALSE