Text Dependent Analysis
Character
Argumentative Writing
Narrative Writing
Grab Bag
100
You use these to introduce evidence.
What are Golden Phrases?
100
People or animals in a story or play.
What are characters?
100
Your introduction should include this first.
What is statement of the issue?
100
You should not have a watermelon story, but this.
What is a seed or small moment?
100
This replaces a noun. Some examples are 'he, she, it, they.'
What is a pronoun?
200
This is how many paragraphs you should have, at the least, in your TDA.
What is 5?
200
This is another name for a character's qualities.
What are character traits.
200
Each paragraph of the body should have at least this many sentences.
What is five?
200
You should include these types of quotations in your narrative.
What are dialogue?
200
The action, doing, or being word of a sentence.
What is the verb?
300
This is what you have in every paragraph of the body of the TDA from the text.
What is evidence?
300
The character that the story is mostly about.
What is the main character?
300
The second sentence in your introduction should be this.
What is your point of view or opinion?
300
Every narrative should follow this.
What is plot?
300
jolly, sad, depressed, gleeful, beautiful, brilliant, shining
What are adjectives?
400
Many people forget to do this part in each paragraph of the body of their TDA. It is where you use your own words and interpretations.
What is analyze how the evidence supports your answer?
400
The main character, typically working for good.
What is protagonist?
400
This is the underlying, but sometimes obvious opinion.
What is bias?
400
The most exciting part of a narrative is called this.
What is the climax or turning point?
400
This is who or what does the action in a sentence.
What is the subject?
500
This is what you should do after you've read the passage and the TDA prompt.
What is plan on a graphic organizer?
500
The character that works against the main character in a story.
What is antagonist?
500
You should do your ____ before writing an argumentative piece.
What is research?
500
The four ways that you could start a narrative are these.
What are dialogue, onomatopoeia, a question, or setting?
500
'on the roof,' 'over the moon,' 'around the corner,' 'to the park'
What are prepositional phrases?
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