Same Topic Different Opinions

Same Topic

Different Opinions

I CAN comprehend how to analyze how different authors can write about the same topic and use evidence to support their ideas.

RHETORIC

• Ethos: the credibility of the author

• Pathos: Emotional appeal- feelings

• Logos: logical reasoning- facts/ statistics

Bias and fallacy

• Bias: Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Fallacy: a mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument.

• These will affect the meaning of the text because the use of quotes and statistics may be skewed

Multiple Choice

Inference means to

• tell where you found your answer

• background knowledge plus text clues used to draw a conclusion

• a detailed examination of the text

• an answer is right there in the text

Multiple Choice

Which piece of evidence supports that Kathleen is brave?

• "Even slight miscalculations could send the Vulcan cruiser thousands of miles off course."

• Kathleen might never see her parents again.

• "Kathleen reassured them with a confident look as she logged onto the navigation computer."

• Something could go wrong during takeoff.

Multiple Choice

evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or claims about the text itself or something based on the text

• textual evidence
• support
• relevant
• nuance

Multiple Choice

facts and/or information (quotes, statistics, graphs, etc.) presented in support of a claim or value statement.

• evidence
• connotation
• conclusion
• relevant

Multiple Choice

a detailed examination of the parts of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole

• analysis

• text

• support

• relevant

Multiple Choice

a detailed examination of the parts of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole

• analysis

• text

• support

• relevant