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Evaluating Texts 2D

Evaluating Texts 2D. summary . . . précis . . . explication. Main Idea and Details. Main idea: the topic and controlling point of a paragraph; what the paragraph is about . If it is the main idea, the majority of the details will support it!. Main Idea and Details.

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Evaluating Texts 2D

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  1. Evaluating Texts2D summary . . . précis . . . explication . . .

  2. Main Idea and Details • Main idea: the topic and controlling point of a paragraph; what the paragraph is about. • If it is the main idea, themajority of the details will support it!

  3. Main Idea and Details • Stated Main Idea: look for a sentence in the paragraph • Usually the first or last sentence Purple book page 59 • Implied Main Idea: is suggested by the details Purple book page 60

  4. Main Idea and Details • Details: descriptions, reasons, examples, etc., that support the main idea • Details will support the main idea but read carefully: stick to the facts of the paragraph! Purple book page 61

  5. Analyzing and Evaluating • Summary: a shorter version of a text that gives only the mainpoints • Précis: another word for summary

  6. Rules for summary/précis • Written in your own words • About ¼ the length of the original • Contains only main points: don’t leave any important points out! • Follows the same order of the original • Retains the author’s meaning and opinion • NO personal interpretation: keep YOUR opinion to yourself! Purple book page 66 for practice

  7. Analyzing and Evaluating • Explication: a type of explanation that interprets; an explication will NEVER contain figurative language • Sometimes longer than the original, but usually shorter on multiple choice tests • Will only contain information that can be literally interpreted—always uses concise, plain language • Avoids making a commentary or giving an opinion about the original text • May simply state in one sentence the mainidea of the passage

  8. Analyzing and Evaluating • What if you must pick an explication of TWO passages? • Simply decide what the main ideais of each passage, then pick an answer that combines BOTH main ideas! Purple book pages 70-72 for practice

  9. Possible test questions • Which is an appropriate and accurate explication of this paragraph? • Which of the following is an accurate and appropriate summary of this paragraph? • Which of the following is an accurate explication of both the statement and the excerpt?

  10. Possible test questions(cont.) • Which paragraph is an accurate and appropriate précis of the excerpts? • Which is an accurate and appropriate explication of the two excerpts? • Which paragraph is an accurate and appropriate summary of the two excerpts?

  11. Possible test questions(cont.) • Justify the accuracy of the précis by selecting the statement below that is a correct evaluation of the précis.

  12. Terms to know • Construct • Unintentional • Thrive • Dilemma • Inherit • Irrelevant • Omit

  13. Mississippi SATP English II Revised: Multiple Choice Student Review Guide for Vocabulary/Reading

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