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Q1 Benchmark Study Guide

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 41mins

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Class

Date

The Center for Disease Control advises everyone to get a flu vaccination.

ethos

pathos

logos

Method of persuasion that appeals to EMOTIONS and FEELINGS.

ethos

pathos

logos

Examples of this method of persuasion include statistics, research, data, and facts.

ethos

logos

pathos

This method of persuasion requires a credible authority to convince the audience.

ethos

pathos

logos

Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving.

ethos

pathos

logos

Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through _____________.

pictures

height

words

funny faces

What is the "tone" of a story?

The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

The time and place of the story

The summary of events in the story

true or false: tone is determined by description or dialogue

True

False

"We have some important news for you Mr. President. We have discovered a terrorist plot against the United States" said the CIA agent. The President closed the book, set it on the desk, and leaned forward, his eyes fixed straight ahead. "Tell me everything you know."
What is the tone of the dialogue?

Informal

Happy

Serious

Optimistic

10.

the literal, dictionary definition of a word

denotation

connotation

etymology

synonym

11.

the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

denotation

connotation

etymology

context clues

12.

connotation can be described by all of the following EXCEPT

positive

negative

neutral

synonym

13.

Which phrase has negative connotation?

a box filled with documents

a box crammed with documents

14.

Jaki is a wonderful piano player. But Emily is more VERSATILE; she sings, acts, paints and writes poetry, and also plays the piano. What does the word VERSATILE mean?

many abilities

boring

not skilled

exciting

15.

We thought that Mrs. Kerner would be very DISTRAUGHT when told that Antonio broke Ms.Pate's pointer; however, she took the news very calmly. What does the word DISTRAUGHT mean?
.

anxious

upset

happy

fearful

16.

What do you imagine when you read this description: Abandoned, rusted, white, never fixed, dark,

nature, trees, cold

17.

Which image best fits this description: A run down orange car. The car has no front left tire and is also very rusty. The car looks to be a two person car. The front left side of the car is almost completely destroyed. The car looks like it was in a fire.

18.

What do you imagine when you read this description: Rows of candy and the rows are made of piles of

candy. Each type of candy has a different pile but

there are no dividers some of the piles have different

colors of candy but they are still the same kind of

candy.

19.

What do you imagine when you read this description: Happy, soft, young, tiny, annoying, playful.

20.

Topic: Students shouldn't wear uniforms because they are uncomfortable.

Detail: According to TODAY news, nineteen percent of public school principals reported requiring uniforms in the 2009-2010 school year, up from 12 percent a decade earlier.

Relevant

Irrelevant

21.

Topic: Students shouldn't wear uniforms because they are uncomfortable.

Detail: Uniforms look nice.

Relevant

Irrelevant

22.

Topic: Students should not wear uniforms because they take away individuality and confidence.

Detail: People can’t be who they are if they have to wear the same thing every day.

Relevant

Irrelevant

23.

Topic: Students should not wear uniforms because they take away individuality and confidence.

Detail: Professor Karen Pine from the University of Hertfordshire said that specific clothing - including even superhero T-shirts - can make people more confident in all sorts of situations.

Relevant

Irrelevant

24.

Which is the strongest rebuttal to the claim that plastic bags fill up landfills?

I agree they fill up landfills, however, if people are responsible and recycle them at the supermarket, this problem can be solved.

I agree they fill up landfills, but not using them for this reason is just insane. We have plenty of landfills.

25.

Your basic belief about a particular topic, issue, event, or idea

Claim

Counterclaim

Rebuttal

Support

26.

Define bias.

tolerance

two sided

in favor of one side

hate

27.

The quality of being believable or trustworthy is called?

Credibility

Evidence

Support

Cite

28.

A solid and reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with your claim

claim

counterclaim

support

rebuttal

29.

What is an unbiased resource?

source not cited

unfair

cited source

neutral or fair;

30.

Which is the strongest rebuttal to the claim that homework takes away time from kids to be outside?

I agree, homework can take away time from kids being outside. Perhaps instead of focusing on not having homework, schools need to look at homework that gets kids outside. For example, studying the types of trees in the neighborhood.

I disagree with homework taking time away from kids being outside. When kids are not doing homework, they are still inside just playing games. So why not make that time productive?

31.

A claim that is the opposite opinion from the author's claim

conclusion

body

claim / thesis

counterclaim

32.

3. A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.

Biased

Unbiased

33.

10. A senator wants to how she is doing. She sends a survey to 1000 registered voters in her party

Biased

Unbiased

34.

8. The owners of a music store asked 10 people who wanted help which new CD they liked best.

Biased

Unbiased

35.

4. A company makes DVDs and randomly selects 25 from 1500 to test them to see if they work.

Biased

Unbiased

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Q1 Benchmark Study Guide

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 41mins

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