WorksheetsTracing and Evaluating Arguments
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What are the 4 primary reasons author's write?
Persuade, Describe, Inform, Narrate
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Describe
Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Descriptive
Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Narrative
What is author's purpose?
WHY an author writes
WHAT the author writes
HOW the author structures their writing to best convey the message
What is text structure?
WHY the author writes
WHAT the author writes
HOW the author organizes the text to convey his/her message
When an author writes to convince the reader of something....
Informational
Persuasive
Entertaining
When an author writes to teach the reader about something...
Informational
Persuasive
Entertaining
An Objective Summary should not include...
facts
evidence
opinions
the central idea
An objective summary should include...
evidence
bias
source statement
lots of detail
An objective summary should include...
evidence
bias
Key details from Beginning, Middle, and End
lots of detail
The three elements of a TAC Source Statement...
Title
Author's Purpose (verb)
Author's Name
Central Idea
In a Source Statement, Name It means...
Name the author
Name the title
Name the author and the title
Give your summary a title
In a Source Statement, 'Verb It' means to...
demonstrate an understanding of the author's purpose
connect two ideas
use a verb that shows the genre
In a source statement, the best verbs to use for a persuasive text (choose 2):
argues
debates
tells
shows
In a source statement, the best verb to use for an informational text:
argues
debates
explains
shows
Ethos uses _____ to make an appeal.
emotion
experience or expertise
logic
science
Logos uses _____ to make an appeal.
emotion
experience or expertise
logic and data
persuasion
Pathos uses _____ to make an appeal.
emotion
experience or expertise
logic and data
persuasion
What Rhetorical Appeal method does this use?
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
What method of rhetorical appeal is used?
Pathos
Ethos
Logos
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
"Only then", "We must" - these phrases would most likely be used in what type of text?
Informative
Persuasive
