6ELA Unit 3 Exam Review

Which sentence would be inappropriate in an informational piece of writing with a formal tone?

• Congress refused the secretary of war's request for funds to purchase 1,000 camels for military use in the West.

• Through the years that followed, wild descendants of those camels were spotted in different parts of the wilderness.

• That year, army major H. C. Wayne and naval lieutenant David D. Porter were sent off in a supply ship to buy camels and bring them home.

• The drivers found the camels ugly and often grumbled about their smell and how the camels spat at them and sometimes bit them.

Which sentence would be inappropriate in an informational piece of writing with a formal tone?

• Loggerhead sea turtles are the most common sea turtle in the southeastern United States.

• The loggerhead sea turtle is one marine species that is listed under the Endangered Species Act.

• These turtles face many threats in our seas, from getting caught in fishing nets, being hit by ships, and ingesting plastic debris.

• People need to stop throwing trash in the water and and keep away from the nests of these cute creatures or they won't survive.

What is the most reliable source of information?

• a website with broken links

• a website last updated in 2007

• an article published in a scholarly journal

• a Wikipedia article updated yesterday

What is the most reliable source of information?

• a long and very detailed article on a website with no author

• a website last updated in 2005

• an article in the most recent volume of an academic journal

• a personal blog article updated yesterday

Which author is the most credible and reliable?

• an anonymous author

• an author who uses lots of details and statistics

• an author who uses statistics and cites his or her sources

• an author who attended an excellent college

Which author has the most credible and reliable source of information?

• an author who includes in-text citations and a works-cited page

• an author with an impressive-sounding job

• an author who is being paid by an advertising company to write

• an author with a well-designed website

Text + Background Knowledge = ________________________

• an inference

• a conclusion

• a full essay

• a right to argue

What is "author's purpose"?

• Who the author is writing to.

• The length of the essay.

• The tone the author creates.

• Why the author is writing.

What is a viewpoint?

• Your perspective of an issue/text.

• Your argument against a claim

• the view an eagle has.

• I have no idea.

Which of the following are plagiarism? (2 answers)

• using another's work in a paper without citing it

• doing research

• using the opinion of an author you agree with without including an in-text citation

• writing down your research findings