7th/8th Grade Analyzing Text Study Guide

Which word is defined as the process of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationship to one another?

• Defense of a Claim
• Analysis
• Implicit
• Inference

Which word is defined as the author's intent to either inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people, or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do something?

• Author's Pupose
• Interpret
• Bias
• Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

Which word is defined as a judgement based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances; Understanding gained by "reading between the lines"

• Inference
• Interpret
• Implicit
• Universal Significance

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word is defined as to capture all the most important parts of the original text, but express them in a much shorter space and as much as possible in the reader's own words?

• Explain
• Evaluate
• Summarize
• Analyze

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

True or False: The central idea is directly tied to the author's main point or argument.

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In real life, people who can back up an opinion about a text with Textual Evidence are taken more seriously than people who can only give a reason of “just because".

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

The purpose of annotating is to...

• make an assumption about what is being read

• make us do more work than we should be doing in English

• highlight the text word for word

• allow you to interact with, understand, and think about what the text is saying

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

What should you do when you find a word you don't know?

• Ignore it

• Guess what it means and move on

• Define it using a dictionary or context clues

• Write a catchy song about it

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

How can you keep track of the different marks and writing you make during annotating?

• You don't need to

• Make a key or legend

• I'm supposed to mark and underline?

• What's annotating

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What's a way that you can get more out of annotating?

• Don't highlight or underline everything

• Talk to a friend or neighbor

• Reread the story or article

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10