11.2 Text Analysis Essay

Reorder the following parts of an introduction paragraph

• Describe the effect

• Include TWO devices

• Introduce the text

• Define terms

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CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Each topic sentence should include these three elements:

• Identify the device used.

• Identify the effect (beautiful, powerful, persuasive).

• Start a body paragraph.

• Include a quotation.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Match the following ideas about introducing evidence in an essay.

"On the red tiles of my family's den I would dance and sing to a the made-for-TV movie Gypsy, starring Bette Midler"

• Ferrera describes

• When does this happen?

• She was singing show tunes in the den

• Who is speaking?

• when she was a child

• How should I introduce a quotation?

• With the context (Who, When, What, Why)

• Why is this quotation relevant?

• Provides relatable childhood anecdote

• What is happening?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which response best summarizes the evidence?

"On the red tiles of my family's den, I would dance and sing to the made-for-TV movie Gypsy, starring Bette Midler"

• The details in this anecdote establish her credibility and relatability.

• The "den" rather than "parlor" or "front porch" suggests middle-class suburban life.

• Instead of a Broadway show which suggests wealth and access, it's a "made-for-TV movie" suggesting again middle-class life.

• This moment relates to so many adults who remember singing and dancing along with movies and shows on television.

• Ferrera explains that she has always loved performing.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Blending quotations allows the writer to share (a)   pieces of (b)   quickly. It sounds more (c)   and improves the flow.

• several

• evidence

• one

• uncomfortable

• natural

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Blending quotations allows the writer to (a)   on just the (b)   parts of a quotation.

• focus

• important

• one

• uncomfortable

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which kind of embedded quotation
- blends smoothly with the text around it, 
- uses the most important words or phrases,
- does NOT use a comma before the quotation, and 
- does NOT start with a capital letter?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which kind of quotation is just plopped into an essay without an introduction or any kind of embedding?

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When Jerry decides to swim through the tunnel, the author builds suspense by describing Jerry: "He was trembling with horror at that long, long tunnel under the rock, under the sea" (34).

This is an example of which kind of embedded quotation?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Reorder the following parts of a body paragraph

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2