Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Tracing and Evaluating Arguments

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 4 primary reasons author's write?

a)

Persuade, Describe, Inform, Narrate

b)

Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Describe

c)

Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Descriptive

d)

Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Narrative

2.

What is author's purpose?

a)

WHY an author writes

b)

WHAT the author writes

c)

HOW the author structures their writing to best convey the message

3.

What is text structure?

a)

WHY the author writes

b)

WHAT the author writes

c)

HOW the author organizes the text to convey his/her message

4.

When an author writes to convince the reader of something....

a)

Informational

b)

Persuasive

c)

Entertaining

5.

When an author writes to teach the reader about something...

a)

Informational

b)

Persuasive

c)

Entertaining

6.

An Objective Summary should not include...

a)

facts

b)

evidence

c)

opinions

d)

the central idea

7.

An objective summary should include...

a)

evidence

b)

bias

c)

source statement

d)

lots of detail

8.

An objective summary should include...

a)

evidence

b)

bias

c)

Key details from Beginning, Middle, and End

d)

lots of detail

9.

The three elements of a TAC Source Statement...

a)

Title

b)

Author's Purpose (verb)

c)

Author's Name

d)

Central Idea

10.

In a Source Statement, Name It means...

a)

Name the author

b)

Name the title

c)

Name the author and the title

d)

Give your summary a title

11.

In a Source Statement, 'Verb It' means to...

a)

demonstrate an understanding of the author's purpose

b)

connect two ideas

c)

use a verb that shows the genre

12.

In a source statement, the best verbs to use for a persuasive text (choose 2):

a)

argues

b)

debates

c)

tells

d)

shows

13.

In a source statement, the best verb to use for an informational text:

a)

argues

b)

debates

c)

explains

d)

shows

14.

Ethos uses _____ to make an appeal.

a)

emotion

b)

experience or expertise

c)

logic

d)

science

15.

Logos uses _____ to make an appeal.

a)

emotion

b)

experience or expertise

c)

logic and data

d)

persuasion

16.

Pathos uses _____ to make an appeal.

a)

emotion

b)

experience or expertise

c)

logic and data

d)

persuasion

17.

What Rhetorical Appeal method does this use?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

18.

What method of rhetorical appeal is used?

a)

Pathos

b)

Ethos

c)

Logos

19.
a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

20.

"Only then", "We must" - these phrases would most likely be used in what type of text?

a)

Informative

b)

Persuasive