Third Quarterly Exam in English 8

What is this tendency of an individual to have a positive or negative tendency or liking towards or against something?

• Bias

• Inequality

• Stereotyping

• Prejudice

Stereotyping is a bias that involves making generalizations about a group of people based on:

• Extensive research and evidence

• Objective and unbiased observations

• Limited information or preconceived notions

• Personal experiences with individuals from that group

Which type of bias that serves as a stem from impulse or intuition and tend to result from reasoning influenced by feelings?

• Cognitive Bias

• Confirmation Bias

• Emotional Bias

• Gender Bias

"All politicians are corrupt and cannot be trusted ". What word/s or phrase/s make the statement biased?

• All

• politicians

• Corrupt

• statement

Look for the word/s that make the statement biased. "People from that country are lazy and unproductive".

• Lazy

• People

• Country

• Unproductive

My son’s girlfriend is very rude! She calls so late at night! Last week, she called me Sara instead of Mrs. Reyes- and I quickly corrected her. So disrespectful. Today she came over for lunch and brought cookies-without even asking if it was okay. What if I had already made cookies. The author is biased against….

• Dating

• her son's girlfriend

• Her son

• rude children

An author writing about Mustang Convertibles uses words such as: performance, speed, fuel-efficiency, wind, luxury?

What can you infer about the author's bias?

• Dislikes sports cars

• thinks Mustangs are for old people

• Likes Mustang Convertibles

• thinks Mustangs are dangerous

This type of propaganda tells you to base your decision on what someone else (usually someone famous) says or thinks.

• Bandwagon

• Glittering Generalities

• Plain Folks

• Testimonials

This type of propaganda says that most people feel a certain way and so you should.

• Bandwagon

• Glittering Generalities

• Plain Folks

• Testimonials

This type of propaganda tries to connect you with people by saying they are "just like you."

• Bandwagon

• Glittering Generalities

• Plain Folks

• Testimonials