Argumentative Text Quiz

What argumentative tool do you see in the first line of the text?

• Rhetorical Question

• Emotive Language

• Exaggeration

• Repetition

What argumentative tool do you see in the second line of the text?

• Facts and Statistics

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

• Exaggeration

The writers three arguments about why the country is better than the city are ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ ​ (c)  

• you can get away from your troubles and relax
• people who live in the country are less stressed
• without the country there would be no farms
• too many people live close together
• there is beautiful scenery in the country

Find three examples of powerful or descriptive language that the writer has used in this piece:​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   ​ (e)  

• scenic
• serene
• charming
• stunning
• tranquil
• eat
• compared
• produce
• people
• always

In line 11, what argumentative device do you see?

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Groups of Three

• Rhetorical Question

How does the headline explain the writer’s point of view?

• The headline explains the writer's point of view by using the word country you know they like the country.

• The headline explains the writer's point of view by using the word splendid. The word splendid means magnificent; very impressive. That means that the author thinks the country is impressive and magnificent.

• The headline explains the writer's point of view by grabbing the reader's attention.

• Not Here

What is a statistic that the writer uses as evidence for the country being less stressful than the city?

•  It is peaceful and friendly, and there is vast, beautiful farmland that feeds our population

•  How do you think you get your fresh food to eat every day?

• It is statistically proven that people who live in the country are less stressed and have a longer life expectancy than people who live in the city.

• Without the country, we would be completely lost.

 "If you have any common sense, you will move to the beautiful country today!" Why does the writer use the word you?

• Inclusive Language

• Alliteration

• Groups of Three

• Exaggeration

"You can’t even walk down the street without being pushed around and shoved into other people. It is very uncomfortable, and it takes forever to just walk around the block." This is an example of __

 "If you have any common sense, you will move to the beautiful country today!" This is an example of ​ (a)  

• a call to action
• rhetorical question
• exaggeration
• alliteration
• repetition
• groups of three