Informational Writing Review

The author's attitude toward the subject is called

• rhetoric

• tone

• relevance

• inference

The ART of effective or persuasive speaking and writing is called

• rhetoric

• fallacious reasoning

• metaphor

• thesis

A mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument, is called

• a counterclaim

• credibility

• a fallacy

• a thesis

An appeal to the ethics and credibility of a speaker or source is called

• kairos

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work is

• a citation

• explicit

• a fallacy

• inference

What does Word Choice refer to?

• Choices that we make as we talk and write that have nothing to do with words

• The specific words, phrases, and expressions that an author or speaker uses

• The words you use to respond to a text

• An educational game

Why is Evidence so important?

• Evidence isn't important

• You need to use evidence any time you write or speak

• Evidence is how we communicate ideas

• You need to be able to support your claims, ideas, and arguments

Which of these are necessary for you to analyze something?

• A summary of the information you are analyzing

• Evidence to support your arguments/claims

• An argument or explanation for what the information actually means

• A tool or method (such as annotation) to help you understand the information yourself

How are Subject Matter and Theme related to each other?

• The Theme is what the author is saying about the Subject

• They are completely unrelated

• They are both the same thing

• The Subject is what the author is saying about the Theme

What is Tone?

• How the audience interacts with the text

• How you feel about the subject of the text

• The author's attitude towards their subject

• How the text makes you feel reading it