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Evaluating Texts2D
  • summary . . . précis . . . explication . . .

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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!

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 main points
  • Précis another word for summary

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Rules for summary/précis
  • Written in your own words
  • About ¼ the length of the original
  • Contains only main points dont leave any
    important points out!
  • Follows the same order of the original
  • Retains the authors meaning and opinion
  • NO personal interpretation keep YOUR opinion to
    yourself!
  • Purple book page 66 for practice

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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 interpretedalways uses concise, plain
    language
  • Avoids making a commentary or giving an opinion
    about the original text
  • May simply state in one sentence the main idea of
    the passage

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Analyzing and Evaluating
  • What if you must pick an explication of TWO
    passages?
  • Simply decide what the main idea is 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?

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

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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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