OST testing vocabulary

What is the author's purpose in writing a text?

• To understand something

• Reason for writing a text

• To answer a question

• To communicate

What is a link?

• To explain the meaning of something

• A sentence that restates the point

• To study something

• To communicate

What does it mean to interpret something?

• To restate the point

• To explain the meaning of something

• To communicate

• To study something

What is a rebuttal?

• To make something understandable

• To communicate

• To make known or communicate

• Responding to your opponent to show why their claim is wrong

What does it mean to clarify something?

• To communicate

• To study something

• To make something clear

• To give evidence

What is an exposition/explanatory/informational text?

• To provide context

• To study something

• To question the meaning of something

• An essay written to explain a topic clearly

How many paragraphs are typically included in a multi-paragraph text?

• 3-5 paragraphs

• 9-10 paragraphs

• 1-2 paragraphs

• 6-8 paragraphs

What does it mean to explain?

• To study something

• To make something understood

• To oppose

• To give evidence

What does convey mean?

• To study something

• To restate the point

• To make known or communicate

• To oppose

What is the Point in a paragraph?

• To make something understandable

• The main idea of the paragraph

• To explain the evidence

• the conclusion