Worksheets8.5 Sentence by Sentence Analysis
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 27mins
What is the main idea of the paragraph below?
According to a Today Show 2016 poll of 2,000 people, there's a wide gap in parents' opinions on what the right age is to stop trick-or-treating. When asked, "How old is too old to trick-or-treat?" 73 percent of people said between 12 and 17 years old. However, those five years between early and late teens mark a huge change in adolescent development.
Halloween is dangerous
Focuses on the what age, parent should prevent their children from trick or treating.
Parents want their kids to trick or treat until their over 14
Parents never want their kids to stop trick or treating.
According to a Today Show 2016 poll of 2,000 people, there's a wide gap in parents' opinions on what the right age is to stop trick-or-treating. When asked, "How old is too old to trick-or-treat?" 73 percent of people said between 12 and 17 years old. However, those five years between early and late teens mark a huge change in adolescent development.
What is the purpose of the highlighted sentence?
Criticizes the 2000 people who responded to the poll on trick-or-treating
Shows how parents have great difference in their opinions about how old, is too old to keep trick-or treating.
Describes how parents don't share the same opinion about a stopping age for trick-or-treating.
Evaluates when a child should stop trick-or-treating.
What's the purpose of the highlighted sentence?
According to a Today Show 2016 poll of 2,000 people, there's a wide gap in parents' opinions on what the right age is to stop trick-or-treating. When asked, "How old is too old to trick-or-treat?" 73 percent of people said between 12 and 17 years old. However, those five years between early and late teens mark a huge change in adolescent development.
Predicts when kids should stop
Persuades the readers that children's parents should make the decision.
Informs the reader that teens have great leaps in development during their early and late teens.
Supports that teens develop a great deal over their early and late years.
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According to a Today Show 2016 poll of 2,000 people, there's a wide gap in parents' opinions on what the right age is to stop trick-or-treating. When asked, "How old is too old to trick-or-treat?" 73 percent of people said between 12 and 17 years old. However, those five years between early and late teens mark a huge change in adolescent
development.
Supports with a statistic of how parents responded to the question.
Summarizes how parents responded to the survey question.
Traces the responses of parents.
References the questions asked.
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According to a Today Show 2016 poll of 2,000 people, there's a wide gap in parents' opinions on what the right age is to stop trick-or-treating. When asked, "How old is too old to trick-or-treat?" 73 percent of people said between 12 and 17 years old. However, those five years between early and late teens mark a huge change in adolescent
development.
Supports early and late teen development
Contrasts early and later teen development
Traces early and later teen development
References early and later teen development
What is the main idea of the paragraph below?
Eighth-grader Christine Chang was feeling burned out by virtual learning. Like many other kids her age, Christine couldn't stand the constant Zoom video meetings, online homework and persistent lack of interaction she experienced back in the spring. That's when California shut down schools to slow the spread of COVID-19, forcing students to do their schoolwork from home.
Analyzes how Christina Chang enjoys going to school online.
Describes how Christina Chang is frustrated by going to school online.
Describes how schools shut down because of Covid-19.
Argues that in person school is better than online school.
How does the underlined sentence refine the main idea of the paragraph?
Eighth-grader Christine Chang was feeling burned out by virtual learning. Like many other kids her age, Christine couldn't stand the constant Zoom video meetings, online homework and persistent lack of interaction she experienced back in the spring. That's when California shut down schools to slow the spread of COVID-19, forcing students to do their schoolwork from home.
Analyzes why kids dislike online school
Contrasts online school with in-person school.
Compares Christine's view on virtual school to other kids' view.
Supports the reasons why virtual school is difficult.
Eighth-grader Christine Chang was feeling burned out by virtual learning. Like many other kids her age, Christine couldn't stand the constant Zoom video meetings, online homework and persistent lack of interaction she experienced back in the spring. That's when California shut down schools to slow the spread of COVID-19, forcing students to do their schoolwork from home.
Summarizes all the reasons why school was made virtual.
Traces the reasoning why students are frustrated with virtual school
Persuades you to understand why schools needed to be closed
Justifies why students had transition to virtual school.
Eighth-grader Christine Chang was feeling burned out by virtual learning. Like many other kids her age, Christine couldn't stand the constant Zoom video meetings, online homework and persistent lack of interaction she experienced back in the spring. That's when California shut down schools to slow the spread of COVID-19, forcing students to do their schoolwork from home.
Evaluates Christine's feelings.
Explains Christine's feelings
Exposes Christine's feelings
Implies Christine's feeling.
