Text Dependent Analysis

What should you include in your background information?

• How your day is going

• Where you go to school

• The text's title

• The date that you're writing the essay

A well-written TDA has a(n) _________________, a body, and a conclusion.

• response

• verb

• first part

• introduction

What does the writer need to cite to support his/her answer to a TDA prompt?

• stuff

• evidence

• things

• people

The correct number of paragraphs for a TDA response is

• 3 or 4

• 5

• as many paragraphs as you need to respond to the prompt.

• as many as you can write in the time given.

In a TDA response, it is necessary to include evidence from the text AND...

• the "so what," or an explanation about how the text evidence supports your response.

• the "so who," or an explanation about how the text evidence connects to the characters in the text.

• evidence from other texts you've read in the past.

• personal opinions

A rubric is used to score a TDA.

• true

• false

When you are asked to "analyze," you are really...

• figuring out how to answer the question

• explaining how your evidence supports your answer

• figuring out why the question is worded a certain way

• trying to figure out what the one correct answer is

Which of the following words is NOT an example of a transition?

• Furthermore

• After that

• And

• Next

When presented with a TDA question, the first thing you should do is...

• scream in your head.

• cry.

• take a deep breath and start reading the text.

• read the question so you know what to look out for.

What is evidence?

• a brief quotation or reference to the text as a paraphrase, with both cited by location

• when a reader uses background knowledge to better understand something

• the way in which two or more aspects of something are connected and affect one another

• a detailed examination of the elements or structure of a text