Text Connections and Evidence

Making connections means...

• Placing the events, ideas, or details of a text in order from beginning to end.

• Briefly stating the main points and key details of a work IN YOUR OWN WORDS..

• readers relate what they read to personal experiences (text-to-self), to information from other texts (text-to-text), and to information about the world (text-to-world

• form a mental image of something; imagine

An inferences is...

• A conclusion reached by finding and putting together clues and evidence from the text

• creating questions about the text that are not answered in the text

• A statement of ideas or information that a passage of text will discuss

• Readers relate what they read to personal experiences

Inferring is when the reader makes connections based on 

• text evidence 

• prior knowledge

• real world connection

• all of the above

Relating what you are reading to the world, yourself or other texts

• Making Predictions

• Making Connections

• Asking Questions

• Visualizing

WHY do we quote evidence in our writing?

• Quoting provides credibility and ensures writing is fair and accurate.

• Our teacher said to.

• To offer multiple perspectives.

• To make the essay longer.

What is the purpose of using text evidence in literary analysis?

• To prove the reader's personal opinion is correct

• To support the claim with specific examples from the text

• To summarize the plot of the story

• To describe the characters in detail

What are some techniques for analyzing a text for evidence?

• Summarizing the main ideas, conducting a word frequency analysis, analyzing the author's tone, examining the structure of the text, and comparing it to other texts.

• Identifying logical fallacies, conducting a statistical analysis, analyzing the use of figurative language, examining the author's bias, and considering the historical context.

• Using a text analysis software, conducting a sentiment analysis, analyzing the use of rhetorical devices, examining the author's background, and considering the intended audience.

• Close reading, identifying key arguments or claims, evaluating the credibility of sources, examining supporting evidence, and considering the context

What evidence from the text supports your answer to ?

• It was Caleb's first starring role and the first time he had been assigned his own trailer.

• Caleb sighed and put his ten gallon hat over his eyes.

• He headed there to relax after wardrobe dressed him for his first scene. He wanted to look over his lines in the comfort of his new home away from home.

• His first scene was an argument with Outlaw #2: Caleb's first line was, "Looky here partner."

What evidence from the text best supports your answer to ?

• As you leave one phase of life for another, remember that you are taking all this growth along with you.

• The next four years might seem daunting, After all, its the last stretch between you and the rest of your lives, whether that means college, careers, or different adventures.

• Just remember that you already met a great challenge. Today is proof of that.

What evidence from the text supports your answer to #1?

• He moved with impossible grace, the music fading into the background.

• Vaslav Nijinsky was one of the most celebrated artist of the early 20th century.

• Blues songs recored in the South could be turned into records and sent anywhere. Photography could capture images of architecture and paintings.