Jim Roberts: Unit 4: Argumentative Text Quizs

to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• Synthesize

• Analyze

• Dismantle

• Separate

the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.)

• Author’s purpose

• Author’s intent

• Author’s theme

• Author’s style

 a credible or believable source. Some questions to evaluate credibility might be: Is the author a respected authority on the subject? Does the author support opinions with strong argumentation and reasoning? How current is the information?

• Reliable source

• Unreliable source

• Biased source

• Outdated source

the strategic integration of two or more modes of communication to create meaning, including written and spoken texts, images, gestures, music, digital texts and media, and live performances

• Multimodal texts

• Unimodal texts

• Monomodal communication

• Single-mode texts

a conjunction that introduces a dependent clause and connects it to an independent clause; the subordinating conjunction shows the relationship between two ideas in a sentence to indicate time, place, or cause/effect

• Coordinating Conjunction

• Subordinating Conjunction

• Correlative Conjunction

• Conjunctive Adverb

a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

• Proofreading

• Editing

• Drafting

• Publishing

an electronic text read on a computer screen or other electronic device that may include images, sound, video, and other multimodal interactive and embedded elements

• Digital text

• Printed text

• Handwritten text

• Audio text

a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion

• Narrative text

• Descriptive text

• Argumentative text

• Expository text

a logically incorrect argument, or fallacy, that contains a conclusion that is not supported by data, has limited information, and/or includes personal opinion or bias

• Faulty reasoning

• Logical reasoning

• Sound argument

• Cognitive bias

the author’s particular attitude, either stated or implied in the writing

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

• Style