Analyzing Text

An interpretation is

• A guess.

• A conclusion based on textual evidence.

• When something is stated in the text.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What is the difference between explicit and implicit text?

• Explicit text is when something is outright stated while implicit is reading between the lines.

• Explicit text is when something is not outright stated and implicit is when something is outright stated.

• Explicit text is making a conclusion based on text evidence while implicit is making a guess.

• Explicit text is making a guess while implicit is making a conclusion based on text evidence.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

What interpretation(s) be made from the text? There may be more than 1 right answer.

"Samantha shivered as she paced down the windy street, she could not wait to go home and drink hot chocolate."

• Samantha is in a hurry because she is cold.

• Samantha does not want to go home.

• Samantha's environment is always sunny.

• Samantha does not have proper clothing for the cold.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

What interpretation(s) be made from the text? There may be more than 1 right answer.

"Lorena huffed as she slammed the door to her car. She wished she could go back home, but her house had flooded. She stomped her way to her parent's house for the weekend."

• Lorena is stressed about her flooded house.

• Lorena wants to be at her parent's house.

• Lorena does not want to be at her parent's house.

• Lorena does not care about her house.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

A citation is :

• When you use another source.

• When you cite text evidence.

• When you make your own ideas.

• When you take someone else's idea.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

How can you cite evidence? There may be more than 1 correct answer.

• By using direct quotations and citing the author/creator on the works cited page.

• By paraphrasing another person's idea and crediting them.

• By taking another person's idea word-for-word with no quotations.

• By using another person's idea and using it as my own.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

Who has cited their sources correctly from the list below?

• Julian paraphrased another person's idea but did not credit the source.

• Juana copied an author's explanation word-for-word.

• Geo used quotations and cited the author who wrote it.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

What interpretation(s) be made from the text? There may be more than 1 right answer.

"Pao could not stop tapping her foot as she watched the clock. It seemed as if time slowed down the more she stared at the clock. She counted down the seconds until freedom, then the shrill of the bell came and she blasted out of the classroom."

• Pao wants to stay in the classroom.

• Pao has something important to do.

• Pao is impatient.

• Pao is tired.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is explicit text?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

What is implicit text?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2