Textual Analysis Quiz

What is the purpose of citing textual evidence in analysis?

• To support assertions made in writing and analyzing text.

• To confuse the reader with too much information.

• To make the text longer and more complex.

• To avoid having to form your own opinions.

What does it mean to analyze a text?

• To summarize the text in your own words.

• To identify its component parts and evaluate the author's main idea and evidence.

• To rewrite the text in a different language.

• To memorize the text word for word.

What is the author's main point in the recycling article mentioned?

• The city council should provide funding for a new recycling center.

• Recycling is unnecessary and costly.

• The old recycling center is perfectly adequate.

• Recycling should be banned altogether.

What is textual evidence?

• Support for your analysis that comes directly from the text itself.

• A summary of the text in your own words.

• An opinion about the text's main idea.

• A fictional story related to the text.

How should you present an author's idea when using a quotation?

• Repeat it word for word and surround it by quotation marks.

• Paraphrase it in your own words.

• Summarize it briefly.

• Ignore it completely.

What is the main difference between a paraphrase and a summary?

• A paraphrase is shorter than the original text, while a summary is longer.

• A paraphrase uses the author's exact words, while a summary does not.

• A paraphrase rewrites the author's idea in your own words, while a summary condenses the author's idea.

• A paraphrase includes page numbers, while a summary does not.

Why is it important to give credit when using quotations, paraphrases, and summaries?

• To avoid plagiarism and acknowledge the author's ideas.

• To make the text longer and more detailed.

• To confuse the reader with multiple sources.

• To ensure the text is difficult to understand.

What is plagiarism?

• Using your own ideas in a text.

• Citing sources correctly.

• Passing off someone else's ideas as your own.

• Writing a summary of a text.

What should you include when citing a source?

• Only the author's name.

• The author's name, source's title, publisher, place of publication, year of publication, and page numbers.

• Just the page numbers.

• Only the year of publication.

What is the final step in analyzing a text according to the document?

• Summarizing the text.

• Offering your opinion of it.

• Paraphrasing the text.

• Quoting the text directly.