Knowledge
Comprehension
Language
Vocabulary
Tone and Bias
100
Can you name three words that describe tone?
Angry, Sarcastic, Playful
100
What is connotative language?
additional implied meanings that a word takes on
100
An assambled group of people is ..
Crowd, Mob, Gang or Class 
100

Finding the meaning of Fact


a piece of information presented as having objective reality These are the hard facts of the case.


100
What is the tone?
The attitude or feeling a writer expresses about his or her subject.
200
How may one be bias?
Being against something or someone. 
200
What is another word for figurative words/phrases?
Figures of speech
200
Can you give me some examples for negative connotations..?
Mob and Gang 
200

can you provide the definition for Evidence?


the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.


200
To identify an author's tone, pay particular attention to...
Descriptive language and shades of meaning.
300
Find the meaning of denotative meaning?
Meaning stated in the dictionary. 
300
How is figurative language used?
to describe something that makes sense on an imaginative level
300
When you use a connotative language, give me a examples or skinny and heavy..?
Slim and Fat 
300

Using what you know,what is the definition of the word Opinion?


a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.



300
How can you identified if the author is biased?
The author is biased if he or she takes one side of a controversial issue and does not recognized opposing viewpoints.
400
Describe authors purpose? 
Main reason for writing a text or paragraph.
400
What are the two types of figurative expressions?
Similes and metaphors
400
How is the figurative language used..?
In the way to describe something that make sense.
400

Can you distinguish between connotative meaning and denotative meaning?

Connotation and Denotation are two principal methods of describing the meanings of. words. Connotation refers to the wide array of positive and negative associations that most words naturally carry with them, whereas denotation is the precise, literal definition of a word that might be found in a dictionary.


400
Why the author presents facts, statistics, and other evidences?
To support the thesis.
500

Which one is an example of figurative language?

A. The baby was crying loudly

B. My mom drove super fast

C. The exam was a piece of cake

D. None of the above 

C. The exam was a piece of cake
500
Can you give an example for figurative language?
1. the exam was a piece of cake

2. sam eats like a horse

3.he walks like a gazelle

500
How many ways can you use the figurative language..?
2 

Similes 

Metaphors

500

what fact can you compile about figurative language?


Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are.

500
What do you need to follow to identify bias?
Analyze connotative meaning.

Notice descriptive language.

Analyze the tone.

Look for opposing viewpoints.

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