Critical skills
Logical fallacies: which one??
There are 20 students in the engineering class. 15 students are boys. Woah, boys are better than girls at math.
Hasty generalization
One passage we read was about Universal Basic Income (UBI). What is UBI?
everyone receives a basic income (money) from the government regardless of financial or employment status.
Use the word "expose" correctly in a sentence
Answers will vary.
What is a credible source?
Give an example of a credible source.
Give an example of a source that is not credible.
A credible source is information that is trustworthy and reliable.
Answers may vary. Up to teacher's discretion.
What team does teacher support?
Forza Juventus
Fact read + Knowledge about fact = ___what?_______
Inference
During the passage of future foods, what alternative food source does the author suggest instead of actual meat?
There are two answers, but you get the points if one of them is correct.
Plant based meat and insects.
What does espionage mean?
Act of spying
What are the three purposes in writing.
1) Inform
2) Entertain
3) Persuade
What did teacher study in his university
Mechanical Engineering
What is the difference between an informed and uninformed opinion?
An uninformed opinion comes from someone who does not have knowledge about the opinion.
What is a conspiracy theory?
Secret explanation for a well-known subject
What is the opposite of heliocentric?
geocentric
But if you said that everything (Sun, planets, etc) revolves around Earth is also correct.
What is an objective statement
What is a subjective statement
An objective statement is a fact that is can be proven to be true (verifiable)
A subjective statement is an opinion.
How many siblings does teacher have?
2
Figure of speech where you compare two different things
Metaphor
"Got Milk" billboard released a certain smell? what smell?
Chocolate chip cookies
Ubiquity means??
appearing everywhere
When annotating, what should you do if there is no main idea sentence?
Write an implied main idea
What year did South Korea and Japan host the FIFA World Cup?
2002
What is called when you combine 2 or more sources?
Synthesizing
According to the passage about refugee crisis, what kind of countries should help those in need?
Developed countries.
What does extant mean?
Still existing
"Robert is the Einstein in our class"
This is an example of?
Allusion
What do you call someone who cannot read or write
Illiterate