Author's Purpose/Author's tone/voice
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe
Why are all the different types of text features?
Captions, Maps, Diagrams, Photos, Headings/Subheadings, Illustration, Sidebar, Italics, Bold letters.
What is faulty reasoning?
A logical fallacy where an author supports their argument in a weak way.
Main idea is...
The main thing (topic/idea) being discussed in a nonfiction text.
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What is author's tone?
How an author feels about the subject they are talking about.
Chronological Text structure is when.....
The author presents information in the order in which it took place.
Logical reasoning to support their argument
The main idea is supported by key details, which are....
Pieces of information that help build up the main idea.
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence:
Bessemer discovered a knew way to make this strong, but lightweight, building material.
A) Change this to these
B) Change knew to new
C) Change discover to will discover
D) No change needed
D
Why did the author write the following paragraph?
Weekends should be 4 days long (starting Thursday and ending Sunday). This would be better because students would be more rested for the days they are at school, and receive higher grades because they would not be so overworked. Think about it, wouldn't you work harder if you had more rest time in between working? This is what we should do for the next school year.
Trying to persuade the reader to join their side of the argument that weekends should be 4 days long.
The difference between sequential text structure and chronological text structure is......
That chronological text structure is when the author presents events in the order they happened, while sequence is when the author presents the reader a list of steps to a process.
Ethos is when........
Pathos is when.........
Ethos is when someone uses the creditability of their position/status to support their argument.
Pathos is when someone uses emotion to support their argument (like making someone feel guilty).
What best supports the idea that writing is good for you?
A) Writing helps express emotion
B) Writing is a school subject
C) Writing has been around since the beginning of time
D) Writing takes a lot of time
A
What change should be made in the following sentence:
A sudden supply of steel led to the construction of many skyscrapers bridges, and railroad tracks.
A) Change led to lead
B) Change construction to construcshen
C) Change of many to for many
D) Insert a comma after skyscrapers
D
Why would an author write the following paragraph?
Books can be not only entertaining, but mentally enhancing. Studies show that those who read books before bed tend to do better in school. Overall, books offer many benefits to people.
To inform the reader about the benefits of reading books
To present information on a topic that has a lot of different details that need to be described.
What type of faulty reasoning is being used in this argument?
"I once had a mean teacher, so I know that all teachers are mean"
Overgeneralization
A) Football practice and basketball practice are both two hours
B) Basketball requires more running than football does
C) Both football and basketball games last about an hour and a half
D) Football players and basketball players both run track in the off season.
What change should be made in the following sentence:
This support is important when learning to play challenging music written by famous composers such as beethoven.
A) change beethoven to Beethoven
B) Change composers to composers'
C) Change by to as
D) Change challenging to challanging
A
Things like the author's word choice/sentence structure.
How does the text structure play a role in the following paragraph?
Students who love math usually lean towards social studies as their second favorite subject in school. However, students who love science tend to lean towards RLA as their second favorite subject. Nonetheless, both groups of students score best in RLA.
The author uses Compare and Contrast text structure to present the information.
What type of faulty reasoning is used in the following argument?
Everyone has Tiktok, so I should get on Tiktok too.
Bandwagon Fallacy
What best supports the idea that seaweed is a better alternative for the environment than plastic is?
A) Seaweed does not hold up as well as plastic does for daily things like water bottles.
B) Seaweed can be used to make plates and bowls in the same way that plastic is.
C) Plastic is not biodegradable and will pollute oceans, while seaweed is biodegradable and will not last long after it is thrown away.
D) Plastic is more commonly used than seaweed is.
C
What is the correct way to write the sentence:
Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, railroad tracks could connect distant places.
A) Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, so railroad tracks could connect distant places.
B) Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, and railroad tracks could connect distant places.
C) Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, but railroad tracks could connect distant places.
D) Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, since railroad tracks could connect distant places.
B