Understanding TDA Prompts

The term "TDA" stands for

• Text Determined Answer

• Text Dependent Analysis

• Text Doesn't Argue

• Texting Dumb Alligators

What does the writer need to cite to support his/her answer to a TDA prompt?

• stuff

• evidence

• things

• people

A well-written TDA has a(n) _________________, a body, and a conclusion.

• response

• verb

• first part

• introduction

The first step in answering a TDA is to

• organize your essay

• look for and define key terms of the prompt

• find the verbs in the prompt

• start writing your introduction

Conventions are not scored for a TDA.

• true

• false

The correct number of paragraphs for a TDA response is

• 3 or 4

• 5

• as many paragraphs as you need to respond to the prompt.

• as many as you can write in the time given.

In a TDA response, it is necessary to include evidence from the text AND...

• the "so what," or an explanation about how the text evidence supports your response.

• the "so who," or an explanation about how the text evidence connects to the characters in the text.

• evidence from other texts you've read in the past.

• personal opinions

A rubric is used to score a TDA.

• true

• false

When citing a direct quote as evidence, what is NOT necessary in a TDA response?

• source

• quotation marks

• parentheses

• word-for-word quote taken directly from the text

When you are asked to "analyze," you are really...

• figuring out how to answer the question

• explaining how your evidence supports your answer

• figuring out why the question is worded a certain way

• trying to figure out what the one correct answer is