WorksheetsArgumentative Text
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
An extreme favoritism of 1 side of an argument.
argument
bias
claim
thesis
We do not know if school histories are pro-British, but we do know that they are unjust to the life of our people—the American Indian. They call all white victories, battles, and all Indian victories, massacres. The battle with Custer has been taught to school children as a fearful massacre on our part. We ask that this, as well as other incidents, be told fairly.
What is the speaker's claim?
American Indians won many battles.
History is complicated.
General Custer attacked American Indians.
History books are unfair in the way they portray American Indians.
White men called Indians thieves—and yet we lived in frail skin lodges and needed no locks or iron bars. What is civilization? Its marks are a noble religion and philosophy, original arts, stirring music, rich history and legend. We had these. Then we were not savages, but a civilized race.
This is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
comparisons
repetition
tone
rhetorical questions
A claim and a thesis statement are the same thing.
True
False
The process of breaking down how an argumentative message is put together and delivered.
claim
argument
rhetorical analysis
poetry
What type of rhetoric device is used in this advertisement?
word choice
ethos appeal
anecdotes
repetition
All of the following are examples of rhetorical strategies EXCEPT ________________.
lights, camera, action
tone
syntax
anecdotes
The viewpoint that opposes another speaker's thesis.
argument
counterargument
claim
bias
In an argumentative text who is the person attempting to persuade others to his or her viewpoint.
audience
message
counterargument
speaker
Which rhetorical device is being used in this advertisement?
hyperbole
pathos appeal
comparison
allusion
The Indian has long been hurt by these unfair books. We ask only that our story be told in fairness. We do not ask you to overlook what we did, but we do ask you to understand it. A true program of America First will give a generous place to the culture and history of the American Indian.
A counterpoint of this argument could be__________
Textbooks use inflammatory words such as "massacre" when they describe battles that were won by American Indians.
When history books are updated curriculum will be updated.
Teachers use supplemental resources to educate their students, not just textbooks so students are already getting both perspectives.
American Indians deserve more respect when mentioned in school's textbooks.
In an argumentative text it is the person or group of people the text is designed to influence.
speaker
audience
Tom Holland
claim
The context of the argument is of no importance to the message itself.
True
False
A technique that a speaker uses to try to influence or persuade their audience.
rhetorical devices
claim
audience
context
What rhetorical device does this advertisement use?
alliteration
pathos appeal
hyperbole
comparisons
The reason WHY the speaker is sending this message to the intended audience.
thesis
claim
purpose
context
History books teach that Indians were murderers—is it murder to fight in self-defense? Indians killed white men because white men took their lands, ruined their hunting grounds, burned their forests, destroyed their buffalo.
This is an example of what type of rhetorical device?
comparison
rhetorical questioning
logos appeal
syntax
The author of the American Indian article from the previous questions would most likely agree with which statement?
Chinese Americans deserve better representation in history books.
With the help of British Americans, American Indians successfully integrated into Western culture.
American Indians are accurately portrayed in American textbooks.
Students of all races need to learn of the contributions of American Indians to our country's history.
Specific details, facts, or reasons that support a person's claim.
bias
evidence
thesis
claim
What rhetorical device does this advertisement use?
pathos appeal
comparison
tone
alliteration
