Text Analysis
A text analysis is a 2 paragraph response wherein you must identify and explain...
What is a central idea and a writing strategy.
All direct quotes from the text must use which punctuation mark to indicate it is a quote?
What is quotation marks
A text is...
What is a piece of literature.
During an analysis, it is essential to develop your ideas. To develop your ideas means to...
What is to expand them.
A hyperbole is...
What is an extreme exaggeration.
Including T.A.G. requires you to identify the...
What is the title, author, and genre
All direct quotes must show where they were taken from, (i.e. text title, author, pg number etc.). This is called a...
What is a citation
Genre is...
What is the type of literature, i.e., poem, novel, short story, etc.
Our claims must be validated. To validate means to...
What is to prove.
Alliteration is...
What is the repetition of the first consonant sound in a series of words.
An overview of a text is a brief...
What is a summary
The analysis portion of your written response requires you to...
What is explain the quote and connect it back to the central idea.
An ellipsis is 3 dots that connect 2 or more ideas/quotes. What they signify is that...
What is there is more text written but it is not relevant to your point.
When constructing a written response or completing an assignment, you’ve been asked to “use your resources.” A resource(s) is ...
What is accessible information that will help you to fulfill a task.
An oxymoron is...
What is two contradictory words side by side.
A central idea has 3 major components. They are as follows:
What is a universal idea, a complete sentence, and include no text details
A writing strategy is...
What is an author’s tool that helps convey an idea.
Relevant information is information that is...
What is important/appropriate/connected.
During formal writing assignments, various templates may be made available to you. A template is ...
What is an outline developed to guide you through a process.
When an object, person, or action is used to represent a bigger idea, the literary device being used is...
What is symbolism.
Your direct evidence (from the text) must be written verbatim, which means...
What is write it word-for-word
To characterize means to...
What is assign qualities to a character based on the things they do.
To convey an idea is to...
What is to express or communicate.
Mood is...
What is the atmosphere of a text/the way a text makes the reader feel.