RACES Review

What does each letter of R.A.C.E.S stand for?

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Transitions like, "For Example...", "In the text it states...", "According to the author...", "In paragraph ___ of the article, it states..." are all ways to introduce

• Explanation

• Evidence

• Summarizing

• None of the Above

Transitions like, "This shows", "This proves that...because", and "If....then...." are all examples of introducing...

• Restating

• Answers

• Explanation

• Summing up

Which answer below best restates and answers the following question: "What is the theme of the novel, "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen and why?"

• The them is hope because everyone had hope.

• I think the theme is remembering because throughout the novel that's all Hannah did.

• The theme of the novel is love and family.

• The theme of the novel, The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen, is hope, because no matter what happened to the characters they always had hope.

"In conclusion", "Therefore", "So": Transitions used in the...

• last sentence of the paragraph

• first sentence of the paragraph

• to introduce explanation

• all of the above

Let's say I answered an open ended question about the THEME of The Devil's Arithmetic. I said the theme was "hope" because no matter what happened, the main characters always had hope and believed things would get better. Which piece of evidence could I use to support my theme?

• "That we will survive. The Jews. That what happens here must never happen again..."

• "My mother said, before she died that it is much harder to live this way than to go out shooting. Chaya, you are a hero. I am a hero. We are all heroes here..."

• "That may be camp talk out there, but in here, we say the prayer for the dead properly, like good Jews..."

• "And the 2 because that is all that are left now, me and Wolfe, who believes himself to be a 0. But I love him no matter he is forced to do. And when we are free and this is over, we will be 2 again. God will allow it..."

The job of the explanation in a short constructed paragraph is to...

• Show how the evidence connects to the answer

• Prove that the answer is incorrect and look at opposite sides

• Explain your point of view and opinion

• Explain the evidence and expand on your answer