Writing an Analysis of a Nonfiction Text

Question 1

Which choice shows an opinion that is best supported with evidence?

Question 2

Which choice shows an opinion that is well supported with evidence?

Question 3

Eileen is writing a literary analysis and reads this passage from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.But many experts would say that this rather small piece of rock was more valuable than any of the larger objects in the room. For it is the famed Rosetta Stone, which gave nineteenth-century scholars their first key to the secrets of ancient Egypt.Which thesis best fits into Eileen’s essay?

Question 4

Hakeim is writing a literary analysis and reads this passage from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.Spotlights pick out markings carved into the surface of the stone, and close up you can tell that these marks are writing. At the top are fourteen lines of hieroglyphs – pictures of animals, birds, and geometric shapes. Below them you can make out thirty-two lines written in an unfamiliar script. And below that, at the bottom of the slab, are fifty-four more lines written in the letters of the Greek alphabet.Which thesis best fits into Hakeim’s essay?

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C: James Cross Giblin effectively describes how the Rosetta Stone presents carved data that were important for understanding ancient writing.

Question 5

Read this thesis statement from a literary analysis.James Cross Giblin gives clear explanations of the important historical figures in ancient Egyptian history in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.Which detail from the The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone is the best evidence to support the thesis?

Question 6

Read this thesis from a rhetorical analysis of James Cross Giblin’s The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.James Cross Giblin effectively uses description in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone to help the reader visualize the events in the book.Which detail from the text is the strongest evidence to support the thesis?

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A: A party of fourteen, including several artists and architects, accompanied Champollion. Deciding to dress like natives, they wore turbans on their heads, gold-embroidered jackets, and yellow boots.

Question 7

Which statement evaluates a text?

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B: The text is understandable.

Question 8

The main purpose of a literary analysis is to

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C: evaluate.

Question 9

Which is the best example of a thesis statement for a literary analysis?

Question 10

A literary analysis should

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