Act. 2.2-2.3 Quiz

The main purpose of graphics such as diagrams or charts is to

• help readers find information.
• provide a summary of the text.
• support the information in the text.
  
• help authors organize information.

Which sentence from the article “$211 Billion and So Much to Buy” best supports the conclusion that teens influence the buying decisions of their families?

• “The purchasing power of today’s youth is something that should not be overshadowed by the spending power of adults.”
• “While the purchasing power of today’s youth is strong, it is made even stronger when coupled with the influence these kids have on what parents buy.”
• “When we look at what youth today personally own, it’s definitely more than the generation before them and immensely more than what kids owned two generations ago.”
• “Tweens, teens, and young adults have not only more things than previous generations, they also have more consistent, available access to vast amounts of information.”
  

Which statistic from “Facts about Marketing to Children” best shows the connection between advertising and a consumer’s purchasing decisions?

• Roughly 80 percent of all global brands have marketing strategies that are focused solely on tweens.
  
• More than half of children say that buying certain products makes them feel better about themselves.
  
• Teens ask their parents for products they have seen in commercials an average of nine times until parents give in.
  
• The average American child is exposed to an estimated 40,000 television commercials a year or more than 100 a day.

Author's Purpose is...

• the reason an author writes something

• how the author feels about a word

• the dictionary definition of a word

• the opposite of denotation

P.I.E.S is the abbreviation for author's purpose.

• True

• False

Text features are...

• not passive

• to persuade, inform or entertain

• aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand and organize information

• how to take accurate notes

Which of the following is NOT considered a text feature?

• footnotes
• bullet points
• paragraphs
• headings

The E in P.I.E stands for...

• Engage

• Entertain

• Enrich

• Explain

This advertising technique means the product is "so new you will be the first to have it"

• Avant-Garde

• Bandwagon

• Transfer

• Testimonial

What does persuade mean?

• to convince

• to ask

• to force

• to engage in conversation