Tracing and Evaluating Arguments

What are the 4 primary reasons author's write?

• Persuade, Describe, Inform, Narrate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Describe

• Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Descriptive

• Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Narrative

What is author's purpose?

• WHY an author writes

• WHAT the author writes

• HOW the author structures their writing to best convey the message

What is text structure?

• WHY the author writes

• WHAT the author writes

• HOW the author organizes the text to convey his/her message

When an author writes to convince the reader of something....

• Informational

• Persuasive

• Entertaining

When an author writes to teach the reader about something...

• Informational

• Persuasive

• Entertaining

An Objective Summary should not include...

• facts

• evidence

• opinions

• the central idea

An objective summary should include...

• evidence

• bias

• source statement

• lots of detail

An objective summary should include...

• evidence

• bias

• Key details from Beginning, Middle, and End

• lots of detail

The three elements of a TAC Source Statement...

• Title

• Author's Purpose (verb)

• Author's Name

• Central Idea

In a Source Statement, Name It means...

• Name the author

• Name the title

• Name the author and the title

• Give your summary a title