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SPACECAT REVIEW QUIZ

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A specific even triggering an author to create text, such as a shooting at a speechwriter's school or a songwriter seeing a picture of two boys being lynched and creating a song, is an example of

a)

exigence

b)

speaker

c)

tone

d)

context

2.

The one or ones who are intended to be influenced by the communication/text.

a)

Purpose

b)

Message

c)

Context

d)

Audience

3.

Using feelings to persuade someone.

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

gyros

4.

Using trustworthiness to persuade someone.

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

gyros

5.

Using facts to persuade someone.

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

d)

gyros

6.

The characteristic emotion or attitude of a speaker toward his/her subject and audience.

a)

Appeal

b)

Mood

c)

Tone

d)

Purpose

7.

Context is...

a)

when and where the text is happening as well as what is happening in that time and place.

b)

how to figure out what a word means by reading the words around it.

c)

a competition between two or more people,

d)

persuasive writing.

8.

Purpose is...

a)

the reason you read a text.

b)

your reason for being in school.

c)

aim of the work; point the speaker is trying to convey.

d)

something that you want and are willing to do things to get.

9.

Audience might include:

a)

People the text is directed toward.

b)

People the text reaches even if it wasn't meant for them.

c)

Listeners to a song.

d)

All of the above.

10.

Which of the following is a text you could use SPACECAT to analyze?

a)

A news article

b)

A song

c)

A bilboard

d)

All of the above

11.

The ____________ is what inspires, provokes, stimulates, or prompts a writer to create text.

a)

purpose

b)

appeals

c)

exigence

d)

tone

12.

Readers of a newspaper or a crowd gathered at a rally.

a)

Audience

b)

Speaker

c)

Tone

d)

Exigence

13.

A president giving a speech or a person sending a tweet.

a)

Audience

b)

Speaker

c)

Exigence

d)

Appeals

14.

What was going on in the world when the text was produced?

a)

purpose

b)

exigence

c)

choices

d)

context

15.

Which of these is NOT a component of SPACECAT?

a)

Choices

b)

Speaker

c)

Theme

d)

Tone