Crossover Short Answer
Analyzing TWO texts
Format
It’s the same as the short answer over a
single selection:
TS – answers question
CD – provides a quote from text #1
CD – provides a quote from text #2
CM – Connects both quotes to answer
CS – Connects to theme
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BEST Format
Eventually, we want to work up to this
format (if you are already scoring a 3, you
need to use this)
TS – answers question
CD – provides a quote from text #1
CD – provides another quote from text #1
CD – provides a quote from text #2
CD – provides another quote from text #2
CM – Connects quotes to answer
CS – Connects to theme
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Practice Example
In Finding Nemo and The Lion King, what do
the two protagonists have in common?
In Finding Nemo and The Lion King, how are
the two texts linked thematically?
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In The Lion King and Finding Nemo, both protagonists
feel guilty for hurting someone they care about. In the
Lion King, Simba cries out to the ghost of his father,
questioning why Mufasa cannot be there with him,
and he addresses the conflict within himself when he
repeats “it’s my fault” (Roberts 42). Similary, in Finding
Nemo, Marlin, Nemo’s father, believes it is his fault
Nemo ventured out into the open and explains to his
friends that his son might not have if he “hadn’t been
so tough on him” (Calvez 94). In both cases, the
protagonists feel remorse and guilt because they both
believe they put their loved one in harm’s way.
Ultimately, Simba and Marlin have no control over the
external circumstances that took their loved one
away.