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What does the R in RACE stand for?
Restart
Relax
Restate
Recall
What does the A in RACE stand for?
Acknowledge
Allude
Anger
Answer
What does the C stand for in RACE?
Cite
City
Citation
Count
What does the E in RACE stand for?
Entitle
Excitement
Exchange
Explain
Restate the question as an answer: How does Alice come upon Wonderland?
How does Wonderland come upon Alice...
Alice comes upon Wonderland by...
Wonderland comes upon Alice by...
How does Alice come upon Wonderland...
Restate the question as an answer: How does the title relate to the book?
The title relates to the book because...
It relate because...
Because it...
The title relates to it because...
Restate the question in the answer: How is the setting of the book important to the theme?
It is important to it because...
It is important to the theme because...
The setting is important to it because...
The setting of the book is important to the theme because...
Restate the question as an answer: What types of symbolism do you find in this novel?
The types of symbolism in this novel is...
The types of the them in it are....
The types of symbolism is in it is....
The types of them in the novel are...
Restate the question as an answer: What would our lives be like if we lived in this story?
If we lived in the story, it would be...
If we lived in it, it would be...
If we live in it, our lives would be...
If we lived in the story, our lives would be ...
Restate the question as an answer: What does the character mean when he says "I can't go home"?
When he says that, he means....
When he says, "I can't go home," he means....
When the character says that, he means....
When the character says, "I can't go home," he means....
Where do you find the evidence you cite in your answers?
Google
The text
The ceiling
My brain
Which of the following do you NOT use when explaining your answer?
Quote from the text
Experience
Background Knowledge
Connections
Relating the story back to your experiences is...
text to text
text to self
text to world
Relating the story to another story is...
text to world
text to text
text to self
Relating the story to something in society is...
text to world
text to text
text to self
