Lesson 12.1: Assertions

Question 1

a statement or declaration made regarding an idea, a topic, or an issue.

Answer 1

Assertion

Question 2

Types of Assertion:

• simple and direct expression of one’s opinions, feelings, or beliefs.

Answer 2

Basic assertion

Question 3

Types of Assertion:

• sympathy to another person.

Answer 3

Empathic Assertion

Question 4

Types of Assertion:

• expresses positive feelings or emotions.

Answer 4

Positive assertion

Question 5

Types of Assertion:

• action that was supposed to be done.

Answer 5

Confrontive assertion

Question 6

Types of Assertion:

• firm but respectful statement, expecting another person’s response to his or her earlier assertion. However, the other person has not given any response.

Answer 6

Escalating assertion

Question 7

Types of Assertion:

• negative feelings

Answer 7

I-language

Question 8

Questions to identify author’s assertion.

Answer 8

1. What does the writer discuss in a text?
2. What point is the writer trying to make?
3. What ideas is the writer trying to disprove?
4. What does the writer want readers to believe?
5. What does the writer feel regarding the issue?

Question 9

Guidelines in formulating assertions.

Answer 9

1. State your assertions regarding the text or the author’s ideas.
2. Cite the actual statements in the text that led you to make such assertions.
3. Explain your assertions. Place them side by side with side by side with the author’s assertions.