1. Question Analysis
7th Grade

2. Q: (RI.1.1) What can be inferred from the image of Carter working with the Tut coffin?
What does infer mean?
How do you go about making an inference?
Infer means to take an educated guess based on information and details in the text.
To make an inference the reader draws a conclusion based on what is expressed in the text.

3. Q: (RI.1.1) Which excerpt from the text supports your answer to Question 11
What should you do when a questions asks you about your answer to a previous question?
Reread the previous answer.
Think about why you chose that answer.
Find the answer choice in the 2nd question that best matches your reason.

4. What does it mean to “draw” a conclusion?
Q: (RI.1.1) What conclusion can you draw about the effects that clicking moths have on bats?
What does it mean to “draw” a conclusion?
To draw a conclusion means to make an inference or an educated guess based on information from the text.

5. Q: (RI.1.2) How does the author of Source #2 develop the central idea that humans have less of an impact on global climate change than natural elements?
List some ways an author develops an idea.
Authors develop ideas by:
Stating reasons
Providing examples/evidence/facts/scientific research
Providing descriptions
Comparing one thing to another
Explaining causes and effects
Discrediting the opposition

6. Q: (RL.1.2) Which sentence states a theme of passage 1?
What is theme?
How is the theme different than the central idea?
Theme is the universal message conveyed in a text.
Central idea deals with details directly from the text, while theme deals with big ideas that extend beyond the text.

7. Q: (RI.1.2) What is the central claim of the text?
What two things should you think about when trying to answer a question about the claim or central idea?
The reader should think about the topic and the point the author is making about the topic.

8. Q: (RL.1.3) How does the dialogue between the narrator and main character affect the passage?
What does the word dialogue mean?
What type of punctuation indicates dialogue?
Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters.
Quotation marks indicate dialogue.

9. What is typically the purpose of the first paragraph(s) in a text?
Q: (RI.1.3) Why do you think the section on the history of the Earth’s climate change is included at the beginning of the text?
What is typically the purpose of the first paragraph(s) in a text?
The first paragraph typically:
Builds background knowledge
Grabs the reader’s attention
Introduces the topic

10. Q: (RI/RL.2.4) What is the meaning of the word “dominant” as used in the excerpt below?
What is an excerpt?
How do you go about answering a vocabulary question when you don’t know what the word means ?
An excerpt is a small selection taken from a larger text.
To go about answering vocabulary questions:
Reread the paragraph where the word appears.
Use context clues. Find words around the unknown word that may help you.
Substitute the unknown word with the possible answers.
Think about how you’ve heard the word used before.
Look for familiar word parts.

11. What are some types of figurative language?
Q: (RI/RL.2.4) Which excerpt is an example of figurative language used in the text?
What are some types of figurative language?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom

12. Answer
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom

13. What are possible effects of repetition?
Q: (RL.2.4)
What are possible effects of repetition?
Possible effects of repetition are:
It creates tension
It emphasizes an idea
It conveys emotion

14. What are some ways that informational text can be organized?
Q: (RI.2.5) How does the author of Source # 1 organize the information in the text?
What are some ways that informational text can be organized?
Informational texts can be organized by:
Cause and effect
Chronological Order
Compare and contrast
Point by Point
Problem/Solution

15. Q: (RI/RL.2.5) What does the final paragraph contribute to the text?
What is typically the purpose(s) of the final paragraph?
The final paragraph typically:
Restates the thesis and supporting points
Brings closure to the text
Leaves an impression on the reader

16. What does the word convey mean?
Q: (RI.2.6) Which sentence conveys how the author feels about burning fossil fuels?
What does the word convey mean?
What are some ways an author can convey his or her feelings about a topic?
Convey means how the author gets his or her ideas/feelings/thoughts/points across to the reader.
Some ways authors do this is through:
Word choice
Dialogue
Figurative language
Examples/evidence

17. Q: (RL.2.6) How is the narrator’s point of view different from Ellen’s point of view?
What does point of view mean?
What are some ways authors convey a character’s point of view?
Point of view is the perspective from which the narrator or characters view a situation in the text.
Authors convey a character’s point of view through:
Word choice
Dialogue
Figurative language
Descriptions
Character’s actions
Character’s thoughts

18. ANSWERS
Point of view is the perspective from which the narrator or characters view a situation in the text.
Authors convey a character’s point of view through:
Word choice
Dialogue
Figurative language
Descriptions
Character’s actions
Character’s thoughts

19. Q: (RL.3.7)
What are the benefits of listening to a story as compared with reading a story?
Listening allows the audience to hear:
Pacing
Tone of voice
Volume
Emphasis

20. Q: (RI.3.8)
What is a claim?
What are some ways authors support claims in a text?
A claim in the author’s position on a topic.
Some ways authors support claims are by:
Stating reasons
Providing examples/evidence/facts/scientific research
Providing descriptions
Comparing one thing to another
Explaining causes and effects
Discrediting the opposition

21. Q: (RL.3.9)
Which passage must the facts come from in order to get this question correct?
Based on the question, answers that come only from which passage can be eliminated?
The facts must come from Passage 2.
Answers that come from only Passage 1 can be eliminated.