Analyzing Texts

Author's Craft includes...

• The skill of the author

• The techniques the author uses

• The specific language the author uses

• The rhetorical devices the author uses

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is Tone?

• How the text makes you feel reading it

• How you feel about the subject of the text

• How the audience interacts with the text

• The author's attitude towards their subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does Word Choice refer to?

• An educational game

• The specific words, phrases, and expressions that an author or speaker uses

• The words you use to respond to a text

• Choices that we make as we talk and write that have nothing to do with words

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

How are Subject and Theme related to each other?

• The Subject is what the author is saying about the Theme

• They are both the same thing

• They are completely unrelated

• The Theme is what the author is saying about the Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Break something down into its parts and closely inspect each of the elements 

• Analyze 

• Justify 

• Locate

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the primary theme of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost?

• The unpredictability of life

• The importance of travel

• The impact of personal choices

• The beauty of nature

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of these are necessary for you to analyze something?

• Evidence to support your arguments/claims

• A tool or method (such as annotation) to help you understand the information yourself

• A summary of the information you are analyzing

• An argument or explanation for what the information actually means

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What are Text Features?

• The color and font of the main body of the text

• Short excerpts from longer texts

• Parts of a text that are not part of the main body of written text

• The exact words the author uses

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Analyze how the use of metaphor in the following sentence contributes to the overall theme: "Time is a thief that steals our moments of joy."

• It highlights the inevitability of change.

• It suggests that time is a tangible object.

• It implies that joy is easily recoverable.

• It indicates that time is a benevolent force.

Tags

DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Evaluate how the use of personification in the following sentence contributes to the mood: "The wind whispered secrets through the trees, creating an air of mystery."

• It creates a sense of urgency.

• It evokes a mysterious and intriguing mood.

• It suggests a chaotic and turbulent atmosphere.

• It implies a sense of foreboding.

Tags

DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking