Evidence-Based Answers in
“The Monkey’s Paw”
Evidence-Based Answers in “The Monkey’s Paw”
Evidence-Based Answers in “The Monkey’s Paw”
Summary of plot events, scenes,
etc.
Generalizations about human
nature and/or subjects and topics
associated with the text.
You wouldn’t necessarily have
had to have read the text to write
about these things.
For example, in your Stargirl
essays, some of you wrote quite a
bit about teenagers in general or
relationships in general, not
specifically about the novel or
Stargirl or Leo.
Evidence-Based Answers in “The Monkey’s Paw”
Reading between the lines and seeing
what the author was saying underneath
the surface
Going out on a limb and making a claim
that someone else might disagree with
“This shows”
“This demonstrates”
“This highlights”
“This proves”
Evidence-Based Answers in “The Monkey’s Paw”
“For example…”
Evidence-Based Answers in “The Monkey’s Paw”
“For example…”
“The author said…”
Evidence-Based Answers in “The Monkey’s Paw”
“For example…”
“The author said…”
“According to the text…”
Evidence-Based Answers in “The Monkey’s Paw”
“For example…”
“The author said…”
“According to the text…”
“This shows…”
“This demonstrates…”
“This highlights…”
“This proves…”
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from Stargirl
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Inferences
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General Understandings
Quote
“In our minds we tried
to pin her to a
corkboard like a
butterfly, but the pin
merely went through
and away she flew.”
Summary and
Observations
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from Stargirl
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Inferences
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General Understandings
Quote
Summary and
Observations
“In our minds we tried The students wanted to
categorize Stargirl the
to pin her to a
way that they did to
corkboard like a
everyone else at MAHS,
butterfly, but the pin but she was so weird and
merely went through different that they
and away she flew.”
couldn’t.
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from Stargirl
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Inferences
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General Understandings
Quote
Summary and
Observations
“In our minds we The students wanted to
tried to pin her to categorize Stargirl the
a corkboard like a way that they did to
everyone else at MAHS,
butterfly, but the but she was so weird
pin merely went and different that they
through and away couldn’t.
she flew.”
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
Spinelli compares Stargirl to a butterfly,
which demonstrates that she is just
doing what is natural to her. Just like a
butterfly flitters around, Stargirl acts
oddly at MAHS. The text also says that
the students wanted to “pin her to a
corkboard,” which shows that they
want to study her and categorize her by
any way possible, even by capturing
and hurting her.
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from “The TellTale Heart”
Quote
“They heard! –
they suspected! –
they knew! – they
were making a
mockery of my
horror!”
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Inferences
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General Understandings
Summary and
Observations
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from “The TellTale Heart”
Quote
“They heard! –
they suspected! –
they knew! – they
were making a
mockery of my
horror!”
(You are here.)
Inferences
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General Understandings
Summary and
Observations
The narrator believes
that the detectives
can actually hear the
beating heart of the
victim from
underneath the
floorboards even
though they can’t.
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from “The TellTale Heart”
Quote
“They heard! – they
suspected! – they
knew! – they were
making a mockery of
my horror!”
(You are here.)
Inferences
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General Understandings
Summary and
Observations
The narrator
believes that the
detectives can
actually hear the
beating heart of the
victim from
underneath the
floorboards even
though they can’t.
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
It is impossible that the detective
would hear the victim’s heart because
he had already “dismembered the
corpse,” which definitely would have
stopped the heart. Also, even if the
victim were still alive, they would not
have heard the victim’s heart because
it’s not something that could be heard
from far away. This reveals the
narrator’s irrational paranoia and
shows that he was not thinking
logically.
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from “The
Monkey’s Paw”
Quote
“Mr. White was
amiably desirous
of preventing his
son from seeing
it.”
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Inferences
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General Understandings
Summary and
Observations
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from “The
Monkey’s Paw”
Quote
“Mr. White was
amiably desirous
of preventing his
son from seeing
it.”
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Inferences
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General Understandings
Summary and
Observations
Mr. White and his son are
playing chess, and they are
pretty competitive about it.
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
Text-Based Evidence
Practice from “The
Monkey’s Paw”
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Inferences
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General Understandings
Quote
Summary and
Observations
ANALYSIS & INFERENCES
“Mr. White was
amiably desirous
of preventing his
son from seeing
it.”
Mr. White and his
son are playing
chess, and they are
pretty competitive
about it.
Jacobs’ use of the word “amiably” shows
that he and his son have a good
relationship. “Amiable” means friendly, so
this scene reveals that, although Mr. White
is about to lose at the chess game, he does
not take it too seriously that he would get
upset. This demonstrates his character as a
light-hearted family man who loves his
child and puts their relationship first. By
showing this, Jacobs prepares the reader
for the devastating loss of Herbert.