Text Analysis Quiz

What does analyzing a text mean?

• Identifying its parts

• Summarizing the text

• Ignoring the details

• Reading quickly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

What is the first step in analyzing a text?

• Picking out the author's main idea

• Writing a summary

• Ignoring the author's ideas

• Reading the text once

What does textual evidence appear as in a text?

• Quotations

• Images

• Footnotes

• Headings

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What is the purpose of paraphrasing in text analysis?

• Rewriting the author's ideas in your own words

• Copying the text exactly

• Ignoring the author's ideas

• Changing the author's ideas

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2

What should be included when citing a source?

• Author's name, source's title, publisher, place of publication, year of publication, page numbers

• Only the author's name

• Just the title of the source

• The publisher's name only

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.8

What does textual evidence support in your analysis?

• Your analysis that comes directly from the text itself

• Your personal opinion

• Unrelated ideas

• The author's biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

What is the role of summaries in text analysis?

• Condensing the author's ideas in your own words

• Expanding on the author's ideas

• Ignoring the author's ideas

• Copying the text exactly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

What is the importance of identifying the author's main idea?

• It helps in understanding the text better

• It is not important

• It confuses the reader

• It is only for advanced readers

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

What is the significance of using quotations in text analysis?

• They provide direct evidence from the text

• They are unnecessary

• They confuse the reader

• They are only for decoration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.2B

Why is it important to use specific rules and methods in text analysis?

• To properly gather and use all elements needed to cite a source

• To make the text longer

• To confuse the reader

• To ignore the author's ideas

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6