Rhetoric Quiz

Why do effective readers study an author's bias?

• To understand the author's educational background

• To better understand how the author views people and society

• To critique the author's writing style

• To learn about the author's personal life

What can effective readers understand by studying the structure of a text?

• The author's political views

• How to publish a text

• How a text was written to become stronger writers

• The history of the text's genre

What aspect of a text can effective readers comprehend better?

• Why the text was written

• When the text was written

• What the text is about

• Where the text was written

What is the purpose of an author when they are trying to inform?

• To entertain the audience with a story

• To give the audience information about a topic

• To persuade the audience to do something

• To describe a personal experience

Which point of view is often used when an author is informing the audience?

• First person POV

• Second person POV

• Third person POV

• No specific point of view

Which of the following is an example of a type of writing that is meant to inform?

• Novels

• Poems

• Textbooks

• Plays

Which point of view is often used when explaining steps, a process, or directions?

• First person POV

• Second person POV

• Third person POV

• No specific POV

Which of the following is an example of explanatory writing?

• A novel

• A poem

• A recipe

• A diary entry

Which of the following is NOT listed as an example of a story meant to entertain?

• Folktales

• Poems

• Biographies

• Satire

What is the definition of Rhetoric according to the slide?

• The study of ancient Greek culture

• The art of speaking or writing effectively

• The history of political science

• A method of teaching mathematics