Author Unfolds an Analysis of Ideas or Events

When analyzing how an author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, what should you focus on?

• The author's personal background

• The specific order and connections between ideas or events

• The text's genre and format

• The publication date of the text

What does it mean to analyze how an author introduces and develops an analysis in a text?

• Examining the author's use of figurative language

• Identifying the main characters in the text

• Tracing the progression and elaboration of the author's ideas

• Counting the number of paragraphs in each section

When determining multiple central ideas in a text, what should you do?

• Focus only on the first paragraph

• Ignore any ideas that contradict each other

• Identify the various main points the author is making throughout the text

• Choose the idea you personally agree with most

What is the purpose of analyzing how ideas develop over the course of a text?

• To predict the author's next publication

• To understand how the author's argument or explanation evolves

• To determine the text's reading level

• To identify the author's favorite words

How can you analyze the development of ideas over the course of a text?

• By ignoring the sequence of events

• By examining how ideas interact and build on one another

• By focusing only on the conclusion

• By reading only the first chapter

When analyzing a text, what should you do to determine the central ideas and their development?

• Focus only on the introduction

• Ignore the conclusion

• Analyze how the ideas interact and build on one another

• Look only at the main characters

What does it mean to analyze an author's perspective?

• To summarize the plot of the story

• To understand why the story was written

• To identify the author's opinion and beliefs as expressed in the text

• To list the characters in the story

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DOK Level 1: Recall

What is the importance of analyzing a complex set of ideas in a text?

• To provide a simple summary

• To explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop

• To ignore the main points

• To focus on the author's personal life

How does paragraph 11 contribute to the development of the ideas in the text?

• It provides more relatable examples of tribalism, as well the author’s own experiences.

• It proves that there is no way to escape the extreme behavior that tribalism promotes.

• It shows that tribalism is merely a phase in life that everyone must experience, but then move on from.

• It shows how only very few people are vulnerable to the extreme behavior that tribalism can evoke.

When analyzing an author's ideas or claims, what type of evidence should you look for to support your analysis?

• Information from a different text on the same topic

• Your personal experiences related to the topic

• Specific details, facts, or examples from the text itself

• Popular opinions about the topic from social media