Understanding Unit 4 standards

What does it mean to "cite textual evidence"?

• a) To summarize what the text says in your own words.

• b) To provide specific details from the text to support your ideas or analysis.

• c)To write a paragraph explaining your personal opinion about the text.

• d) To list all the main ideas of the text.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When analyzing word choice in a text, you should focus on:

• a) How the author’s words sound when spoken aloud.

• b) The definitions of words and their effect on meaning and tone.

• c) How the words help convey emotions or ideas to the reader.

• d) Whether the author uses complete sentences.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

How does a paragraph "fit into the overall structure of a text"?

• a) By connecting to the ideas in the paragraphs before and after

• b) By repeating the main idea of the text in every paragraph.

• c) By ensuring the text has enough words to fill a page.

• d) By giving every detail about the topic in one place.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When analyzing an author’s point of view, you are trying to:

• a) Decide if the author is a good writer.

• b) Determine what the author believes or feels about the topic.

• c) Rewrite the text to match your own opinions.

• d) Count how many opinions the author includes.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the difference between explicit information and an inference?

• a) Explicit information is directly stated in the text, while an inference is a guess about the future.

• b) Determine what the author believes or feels about the topic.

• c) Explicit information is always true, while inferences are always false.

• d) Explicit information is a list of facts, while inferences are opinions.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following is an example of analyzing the tone of a text?

• a) Explaining how the author’s word choice makes the text feel serious or playful.

• b) Counting how many sentences are in the text.

• c) Identifying the author’s favorite word in the text.

• d) Determining how the paragraphs are arranged in the text.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the purpose of understanding how sections of a text contribute to its structure?

• a) To find mistakes in the text.

• b) To explain how the author uses organization to convey ideas effectively.

• c) To rewrite the sections in a different order

• d) To determine if the text has an appropriate number of sections.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

what does this suggest about their perspective?

• a) The author believes living in a totalitarian country is freeing.

• b) The author views life in a totalitarian country as oppressive and restrictive.

• c) The author wants to compare life in a totalitarian country to life in a zoo.

• d) The author believes all countries are the same.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9