Text Analysis Quiz

What is textual evidence?

• Information from a text that supports a claim or analysis
• The process of examining parts of a text to understand how they work together
• Directly stated information in the text
• A logical conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is analysis?

• Information from a text that supports a claim or analysis
• The process of examining parts of a text to understand how they work together
• Directly stated information in the text
• A logical conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is explicit information?

• Information from a text that supports a claim or analysis
• The process of examining parts of a text to understand how they work together
• Directly stated information in the text
• A logical conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is an inference?

• Information from a text that supports a claim or analysis
• The process of examining parts of a text to understand how they work together
• Directly stated information in the text
• A logical conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Luna is writing an essay for her history class. Why is it important for her to cite her sources?

• To show where her information came from

• To make her essay longer

• To confuse the reader

• To make her essay more interesting

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the purpose of citing textual evidence?

• To support your claims and analysis
• To make your essay longer
• To confuse the reader
• To make your essay more interesting

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

In a literature class, Daniel and Aria are discussing how textual evidence helps in understanding a theme. What is the role of textual evidence in understanding a theme?

• It provides support for the theme

• It confuses the reader

• It contradicts the theme

• It is irrelevant to the theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the difference between explicit information and inference?

• Explicit information is directly stated in the text, while inference is a logical conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning
• Explicit information is a logical conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning, while inference is directly stated in the text
• Explicit information and inference are the same thing
• Explicit information and inference are both directly stated in the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does it mean to cite textual evidence?

• To quote or refer to specific parts of the text as evidence
• To summarize the entire text
• To ignore the text completely
• To make up evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the purpose of analyzing a paragraph from a story?

• To understand what is happening and why it is important
• To confuse the reader
• To ignore the story completely
• To summarize the entire story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2