6th grade reading comprehension

What is textual evidence?

• Random words in a text

• Specific details in a text that support a claim or argument.

• Personal opinions in a text

• General knowledge about a topic

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Why is textual evidence important in understanding a story?

• Textual evidence provides direct quotes or references from the text to support interpretations, analyze characters, themes, and plot developments, and validate arguments or claims made about the story.

• Textual evidence is irrelevant in understanding a story

• Textual evidence confuses readers and muddles the plot

• Textual evidence is only used for decorative purposes in a story

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Inferencing involves making educated guesses based on what?

• Ignoring available information

• Guessing randomly

• Available information, context, and prior knowledge

• Relying solely on intuition

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How can you use textual evidence to support your inferences?

• Use emojis instead of quotes to convey your point

• Ignore the text and rely solely on personal opinions

• Make up quotes that sound convincing

• Find specific quotes or passages from the text that directly relate to your point.

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What are some common clues in a text that can help you make inferences?

• Context clues, descriptive language, character actions, and dialogue

• Punctuation marks

• Author's name

• Plot twists

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Can you give an example of using textual evidence to infer a character's feelings?

• Ignoring the character's actions and focusing solely on their appearance to determine their feelings.

• Relying on the narrator's description of the character's emotions without considering the character's own words or thoughts.

• Assuming a character's feelings based on the feelings of other characters in the story.

• Analyzing a character's dialogue or inner thoughts for statements that directly express their emotions.

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Explain the difference between a direct inference and an indirect inference.

• Direct inference is based on facts, while indirect inference is based on opinions.

• The main difference between a direct inference and an indirect inference is the level of logical connection to the given information.

• Direct inference is always accurate, while indirect inference is always speculative.

• Direct inference involves deductive reasoning, while indirect inference involves inductive reasoning.

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How does understanding textual evidence help improve reading comprehension?

• Understanding textual evidence hinders the ability to analyze themes and draw conclusions

• Interpreting textual evidence leads to confusion and misinterpretation

• Textual evidence is irrelevant to reading comprehension

• Understanding textual evidence provides concrete examples to support interpretations, analyze themes, and draw conclusions, enhancing reading comprehension.

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What strategies can you use to improve your inferencing skills?

• Avoid making connections between ideas

• Read passively

• Ignore context clues

• Practice active reading, pay attention to context clues, make connections between ideas, ask questions while reading, and summarize information.

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Why is it important to practice both textual evidence analysis and inferencing in reading?

• Practicing textual evidence analysis alone is sufficient for reading comprehension

• Analyzing textual evidence is only necessary for non-fiction texts

• It is important to practice both textual evidence analysis and inferencing in reading to comprehend and interpret texts accurately.

• Inferencing is not a valuable skill in reading

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