Analyzing a Text: Keystone List 4 Quiz Version 3

Which word is defined as the process of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationship to one another?

• Defense of a Claim
• Analysis
• Implicit
• Inference

What is the best definition of the word antonym?

• to make a judgement or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statements
• something clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text
• a word that has the opposite meaning of another word
• a word that is similar in meaning to another word

Which word is defined as the author's intent to either inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people, or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do something?

• Author's Pupose
• Interpret
• Bias
• Generalization

What is the best definition of the word bias?

• to make a judgement or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statements
• a judgement based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances; Understanding gained by "reading between the lines"
• though unexpressed in the actual text, something of meaning is understood by the reader; implied
• the subtle presence of a positive or negative approach towards a topic

Which word is defined as to place together characters, situations, or ideas to show common or different features?

• Evaluate
• Explain
• Compare/Contrast
• Conflict/Problem

What is the best definition of the word conflict/problem?

• to examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine the significance, worth or quality of something, to assess
• a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions
• the generally accepted importance of a work representing a given culture
• the author's central thought; the chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word or phrase; the topic sentence of a paragraph

Which word is defined as the generally accepted importance of a work representing a given culture?

• Interpret
• Cultural Significance
• Universal Significance
• Universal Character

What is the best definition of the word defense of a claim?

• to capture all the most important parts of the original text, but express them in a much shorter space and as much as possible in the reader's own words
• support provided to mark an assertion or claim as reasonable
• to make a judgement or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statements
• to distinguish, tell apart, and recognize differences between two or more items

Which word is defined as to distinguish, tell apart, and recognize differences between two or more items?

• Generalization
• Draw Conclusion
• Differientiate
• Compare/Contrast

What is the best definition of the word draw conclusion?

• support provided to mark an assertion or claim as reasonable
• to examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine the significance, worth or quality of something, to assess
• to make a judgement or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statements
• to capture all the most important parts of the original text, but express them in a much shorter space and as much as possible in the reader's own words