TDA Review Text Dependent Analysis

What is a good way to plan your text dependent analysis or (essay)?

• Use an outline, t-chart, or web map on paper

• Begin typing

• Read the entire passage first.

• Read the question before the passage. 

You're writing a TDA, or essay, analyzing an author Thomas Crane's opinion about whether or not students should wear school uniforms. Select the best sentence starter to introduce him in your topic sentence.

• The author of the article ...

• The author, Thomas Crane, wrote in his essay "Done with Uniforms," that students should have a choice.

• The author wrote that students should have a choice in school uniforms.

• The author has the opinion in "Done with Uniforms" that they're not cool.

What is the first step you should take with text dependent analysis?

• Scan the article

• Read the article

• Read the question

• Answer the question

What is the second step in text dependent analysis?

• Scan the article,

• Read the article.

• Read the question.

• Answer the question.

When answering a Text Dependent Analysis question, what are the four steps?

• Restate, Explain, Reread, Write

• Reread, Write, Copy, Answer

• Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

• Run, Always, Candy, Everyday

What is the purpose of a TDA?

• To read a passage and answer a question using text evidence in an essay

• To read a passage and then write about it telling your opinion on the topic

• To read a passage and answer in a short response a prompt that relates to the passage

• To write a summary about the passage that is read

Part of the EOC exam is the writing portion, called a TDA. TDA stands for text dependent analysis, which means

• write a paragraph about your opinions

• write a paragraph to define literary terms

• write an essay that provides an explanation for something in a passage you have to read

• write an essay about a personal experience in your life that has had a big impact

What does TDA stand for?

• Text Directive Analogy

• Tired Dead Apples

• Text Dependent Analysis

• Text Dependent Analogies

What is the first thing you should do when you get assigned a TDA?

• write about whatever you want

• write an opinion essay based on the prompt

• read the prompt and determine what it is you are asked to write about

• immediately read the story

The three main parts that should be included when writing a TDA. (Check all that apply)

• Introduction

• Body

• Pictures

• Conclusion