WorksheetsBIAS
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Bias means .... (Except)
when an author takes one side of a controversial issue
when an author does not want to consider what other people have to say about it
when an author consider both sides, good and bad things of something
when an author only takes one part of a certain viewpoint
One of the example of harmless bias is ....
bias in an ad
bias in political campaign
bias used for insulting racial group
bias used in criticizing religious group
Text 1 (for question no. 3-6)
Read the ad below, then answer the questions by choosing the best option.
From Nature with love and technology
Fresh and tasty
Safe and healthy
Straight from a self-flowing springs
Processed and bottled with
Modern hygienic high technology equipments
The most unique product
AQUA – natural mountain spring water
Pioneer of the bottled water industry in Indonesia
First awarded the Indonesian Industry Standard – SII No.
2040-90
What is the tone of the writer?
Emotional
Sentimental
Praising
Serious
What does the writer hope to accomplish?
Persuade the readers
Describe the features
Explain the process
Attract the audience
What is the object of the writer’s bias?
AQUA bottled water
All bottled water
Bottled water industry
Bottled water standard
What bias do the underlined words reveal?
Weakly negative
Weakly positive
Strongly positive
Moderately positive
How to identify bias?
(a)
Text 2 for Question 8-12
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
To the Editor:
When are the newspaper going to expose all these blasted insurance companies? My home insurance company just notified me that it is placing a $ 50 deductible on my policy because I had five claims in three years. All claims were the result of kids busting windows, painting my house red during Halloween, and such things.
Why have insurance if you’re not covered for such things? Why be penalized for something that isn’t your fault?
My car insurance has sky-rocketed in the past five years, despite the fact that I didn’t have one claim in years and years.
It’s interesting to note that my insurance agents no longer come to my home, as they did in the past. Instead, they always phone to give me the bad news. They don’t dare step into my house anymore probably for fear I might shoot one of them in cold blood.
(From Reading II Module 3)
What is the purpose of the letter?
(a)
What is the tone of the letter?
(a)
Who is the letter addressed to?
(a)
Is the writer biased? How do you know?
(a)
Mention the words/phrases that illustrate the bias
(a)
