Unit 2 Week 12 Vocabulary Practice Quiz

What is word that describes how you show where textual evidence comes from?

• cite

• credibility

• bias

• conjecture

Answer explanation

Remember to cite your evidence; you will need to provide the author's last and page number of the source in parentheses.

(McFadden 1).

A summary that is based on your feelings or opinions is called a ______________ summary.

• objective

• constructed

• relevant

• subjective

Answer explanation

Remember subjective deals with your feelings or opinions.

What is the definition of relevance?

• quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a work.

• a shortened version of a text that highlights its key points.

• the quality or state of being closely connected or appropriate.

• capable of being believed; believable.

What is the definition of objective?

• not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased

•  a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true

•  prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information is a _______________.

• bias

• fact

• secondary source

• conjecture

A _______________ source is one step removed from ____________ sources.

• secondary, primary

• primary, secondary

• primary, objective

• secondary, subjective

A place, person, or thing from which something comes from or can be obtained from is a ___________.

• summary

• conjecture

• fact

• source

Showing favoritism can be compared to being ___________.

• factual

• opinionated

• bias

• objective

A belief or judgment that rests on ground insufficient to produce complete certainty is an ___________>

• conjecture

• opinion

• fact

• source

A newspaper article that reports a soccer game is considered to be a first hand account of what happened during the game or a ____________________.

• summary

• conjecture

• primary source

• secondary source