Text Analysis

Read this passage below!

Before clocks were made, people kept track of time by other means. In ancient Egypt, people used a water clock. Water dripped slowly from one clay pot into another. People measured time according to how long it took one pot to empty and the other one to fill. Candle clocks were common during the Middle Ages. As such, when a candle burned, marks on its side showed about how much time had passed. A final ancient way to measure time was the sundial, which used the movement of the sun across the sky. The shadows moving across the face of the sundial showed the current time.

What is the main idea?

• As such, when a candle burned, marks on its side showed about how much time had passed.

• Before clocks were made, people kept track by other means.

• In ancient Egypt, people used a water clock.

• All the above.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

1 In response to customers' bitter complaints about long lines, banks are trying new ways to shorten the wait or at least to make it more pleasant. 2 One bank provides coffee and cookies so customers can munch while they wait. 3 Other banks show action movies on a large video screen. 4 One daring bank in California will pay a customer five dollars if he or she must wait more than five minutes for service. 5 Still other banks offer the most obvious solution of all...they simply hire more bank tellers.

What number is the main idea?

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

What do supporting details do?

• They help back up or support the main idea.

• They tell you what to do.

• They give the main point of a paragraph

• They just extend(memperpanjang) the sentence

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Kate is talented in many ways. Kate sings so beautifully that many people think she should be a professional singer. She also won the math competition last year. Have you ever seen Kate's painting? She paints really well. Every week, Kate practice as an actress for this year's drama festival. In addition she is also good at any sport that she has ever played, especially in soccer.

Give one supporting detail example from this text?

• Kate cannot do anything

• She can dance

• Kate is talented in many ways.

• She also won the math competition last year.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Caffeine is a natural ingredient in coffee, cocoa, tea, and chocolate, and is added to some prescription and non-prescription drugs. 2. Despite being "natural," caffeine is also a powerful drug which greatly affects the body. 3. In healthy, rested people, a dose of 100 milligrams (about one cup of coffee) increases alertness, banishes drowsiness, quickens reaction time, it enhances intellectual and muscular effort, and increases heart and respiratory rates. 4. Drinking one to two cups of coffee an hour before exercise encourages the body to preserve glycogen and burn fat -----something that results in greater endurance. 5. In addition, caffeine masks fatigue. 6. In doses above 300 milligrams, caffeine can produce sleeplessness, nervousness, irritability, headaches, heart palpitations, and muscle twitches. 7. Caffeine is also habit-forming, and those who try to suddenly stop after heavy use may experience such withdrawal symptoms as headaches, lethargy, irritability, and difficulty in concentrating.

The main idea of this passage is that caffeine

•  is a drug that can produce nervousness

•  is a strong drug that only increase the body when used.

• is good to drink before working out.

• is a powerful drug that affects the body in numerous ways.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Erica was excited. They were going to have pizza for dinner. Her favorite kind of pizza was pepperoni pizza. However, her dad forgot she liked pepperoni pizza. He ordered plain cheese pizza instead.

What kind of pizza did Erica's dad order?

• veggie pizza

• cheese pizza

• pepperoni pizza

• plain pizza

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Where we can find the thesis statement in a text?

• at the end of the conclusion paragraph

• at the end of the introduction paragraph

• at the beginning of the introduction paragraph

• at the beginning of the second to last paragraph

What is implied main paragraph?

• The main stated in the text

• The main idea is not stated in the text

• There is the main idea in the paragraph

• The main idea is in the last paragraph

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Read the passage.

The park is a wonderful place for a picnic. People sell tasty snacks. There are picnic tables and grills. I have a pet hamster. The park has a lot of fun things that we enjoy doing.

Choose the sentence that does not belong in the paragraph!

• The park has a lot of fun things that we enjoy doing.

• People sell tasty snacks.

• I have a pet hamster.

• There are picnic tables and grills.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Which one is the stronger thesis statement? Watch out for thesis statements that are too general, impossible to prove, illogical, or that neglect to give any reasons for the argument.

• To limit the city’s policing costs, we will sell the three police helicopters.

• Albania provides a unique example of a society in which Muslims and Christians have traditionally lived in harmony.

• Why does Dr. Who’s spaceship, the TARDIS, look like a police box on the outside?