Weeks 1-2
There are 3 main types of claims in argumentation. What are they?
1. Fact
2. Value
3. Policy
SoA gives examples of 4 different types of visual texts. What is 1 of them?
1. Photos
2. Print ads
3. Political cartoons
4. Graphics
What is an example of a time you might find yourself conducting an argument analysis, according to SoA?
1. Reading a passage & explaining strategies
2. Listening to a political speech & explaining strategies
3. Examining a multimodal text & explaining strategies
4. Examining & evaluating an argument
There are 5 strategies for Prereading. What is 1 strategy?
1. Title
2. Genre
3. Context
4. Author
5. Audience
There are 4 steps to critically reading both visual and audio text. What is 1 step?
1. Preread
2. Read for content
3. Read for rhetorical strategies
4. Evaluate
When you analyze an argument, you will write a claim of fact about it. When you evaluate an argument, you will write a claim of _____?
Value
When reading for content and structure, there are 5 strategies for annotating a text. What is 1 strategy?
1. Highlight sparingly
2. Make marginal notes
3. Make notes on what and how
4. Interrogate the text
5. Note similarities
When examining how a photo is "arranged" or what draws your eye, are you analyzing the photo's author, composition, or sponsor?
Composition
Taking a text and putting it into your own words in a condensed version is the act of _______.
Summarizing
According SoA, "seek[ing] out information that validates the point of view they already hold" is called what?
Confirmation bias
According to SoA, if you "consider how speech, music, and special effects might appeal to a viewer" in audio texts, which step of critical reading are you doing?
Listening for rhetorical strategies
Taking a text and putting part of it into your own words in about the same length is the act of __________.
Paraphrasing
If a summary focuses on what the text says (not how), is that a referential or a rhetorical summary?
Referential
According to SoA, when examining print ads, you might ask "Does the visual image lead me to entertain _______ expectations?" Fill in the blank.
"Unrealistic"
According to SoA, when directly quoting someone, it is important to "establish a source’s ______ on the subject under discussion." Fill in the blank.
"Authority"