Argumentative Text Practice

Match the following

• Claim

• A text written to demonstrate to an audience that a certain position or idea is valid and that others are not.

• Author's purpose

• The arguable statement that the author holds about the topic or issue discussed in the text.

• Argumentative Text

• The author's main goal in a piece of writing.

Match the following

• Anecdote

• The distinctive way in which a writer expresses ideas with respect to style, form, content, and purpose.

• Voice

• A detail that can be shown and verified as true, to exist or to have happened; a statement that can be proven with data, observations, and reliable sources.

• Fact

• A short account of an interesting or funny incident or person used to make a larger point in texts.

• Audience

• The specific target group for a message the author writes. This can be a single person, a group of people, or the general public.

Read this sentence from the text:

"To those of us who've never crunched a cricket orslurped a worm, the idea of eating bugssounds pretty gross."

The author's use of language in this sentence helps to communicate the idea that

• Bugs are part of everyone's diet.

• Not everyone is open to eating bugs.

• Crickets and worms are a favorite meal for many.

• People around the world eat disgusting foods.

Which sentence from the text best expresses the author's claim?

• In australia, South America, Africa, and Asia, eating bugs is no joke (paragraph 2)

• To those of us who have never crunched a cricket or slurped a worm, the idea of eating bugs sounds pretty gross (paragraph 3)

• We couldnt eat those creepy-crawlies even if someone dare us. (paragraph 3)

• Yet lots of bugs are nutritious, tasty, and perfectly safe to eat. (paragraph 3)

Which sentence from paragraph 4 and 5 support the argument that bugs are widely eaten due to their abundance in nature? Select 2 correct answers

• Ten thousand years ago, before they learned to farm, our ancestors found food by hunting and gathering. (paragraph 4)

• Bugs were considered part of the daily diet (paragraph 4)

• It made sense for ancient people to eat a source of nutrition that was right under their noses or buzzing by their ears. (paragraph 4)

• One out of every three animals is a bug, and scientists estimate that there are 200 million of the little critters for every person on the planet. (paragraph 5)

• No wonder more than half the people on earth still eat bugs daily. (paragraph 5)

According to the information in paragraphs 7 through 8, what can the reader infer?

• People do not eat bugs because they do not taste good.

• People are not aware of bugs' nutritional advantages.

• Insects are not eaten more often because they are hard to catch.

• Insects do not provide enough protein for growing bodies.

Which conclusion is best supported by the author's description in paragraph 13-15?

• Schools will begin serving bugs in their lunches within the next couple years.

• Bugs have the opportunity to be the next big trend in food.

• People's attitudes are changing towards eating bugs.

• The space station will start breeding bugs for consumption.

Why does the author compare eating grasshoppers with eating hamburgers?

• To show that grasshoppers are better tasting than hamburgers.

• To show that grasshoppers are less expensive than hamburgers.

• To show that grasshoppers are more healthful than hamburgers.

• To show that grasshoppers are easier to prepare than hamburgers.

Why does the author most likely mention honey in the passage?

• To show that foods from insects taste better than other foods.

• To show that we already eat foods that come from insects.

• To show that many parts of insects are good to eat.

• To show that foods from insects are easy to gather.

With which statement is the author most likely to agree?

• People should be willing to try new foods.

• People should eat only foods that they've always eaten.

• People should add bugs to the long list of forbidden foods.

• People should avoid eating bugs as part of their daily diets.