PART 2 - Text-Dependent Analysis DIRECTIONS:
• You are about to begin PART 2 of the Language Arts
Benchmark
• PART 2 is a Text-Dependent Analysis
• You will use evidence from the passage(s) to support
your essay.
• Enter your essay in the space provided.
DIRECTIONS:
The Text-Dependent Analysis (or TDA) prompt will ask you to
analyze the passage(s) and use evidence from the passage(s) to write
your response.
For the TDA response:
• Be sure to read the TDA prompt carefully.
• You should look back at the passage(s) to help you write
your response
• You may not use a dictionary or thesaurus.
Authors use word choice to develop tone. Write an essay analyzing
how the author of "The Uninvited Houseguests" uses description in
the passage to create tension. Use evidence from the passage to
support your response.