TDA Terms

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What does TDA stand for?

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Text Dependent Analysis

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What does text-dependent mean?

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to answer a question using evidence from the text

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What does illustrate mean?

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to make something more clear

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What is text?

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a story, article, or poem that you are reading

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What are transition words?

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words or phrases used to connect ideas together

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What is the purpose of a text-dependent assignment?

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To analyze a text using evidence from the text itself.

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What is evidence in a text?

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Information or details from the text that support an answer or argument.

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What does analyze mean?

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To examine something in detail to understand it better.

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What is a summary?

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A brief statement that presents the main points of a text.

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What is a main idea?

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The central point or message that the author wants to convey.