Mid-Term Review

Question 1

as an educator for the past 17 years, I know there are components that good writing must possess, and I can help students learn how to learn those skills

Answer 1

ethos

Question 2

relationship between the speaker and the audience?

Answer 2

the speaker must be credible or the audience won’t support their argument

Question 3

He decides what activities we do because he always makes those sorts of decisions.
What type of fallacy is shown?

Answer 3

circular reasoning

Question 4

If you don’t make a superfluous amount of money, your relationships, status, and overall happiness will be destroyed.
What type of fallacy is shown?

Answer 4

appeal to fear

Question 5

Information tells about spending for space exploration.
Text ends: Space exploration is a waste of tax payers’ money, and it creates a tremendous amount of waste
What type of writing is the text?

Answer 5

deductive

Question 6

My grandmother had her left eye poked by a pencil, so I don’t allow my students to throw pencils

Answer 6

anecdote

Question 7

There is a cartoon sketch that attempts to mock the modern American family…

Answer 7

parody

Question 8

X Trusting your style

Answer 8

i think that using different colored pencils helps me key in to one aspect

Question 9

the author showed HOW…

Answer 9

warrant

Question 10

Maya Angelou juxtaposes specific references ______________

Answer 10

of female scientists with male black athletes to describe a lack of opportunity for black women

Question 11

Hughes crafts ______

Answer 11

figurative language

Question 12

The author crafts __________ (the death of the moth)

Answer 12

metaphors

Question 13

the author flashes back ___________

Answer 13

nostalgically

Question 14

note

Answer 14

Douglas’s incorporation of dialogue enhances the idea that literacy is powerful

Question 15

used to determine the SPEAKER

Answer 15

“one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of black America during the 1960s”

Question 16

(learning to read by Malcom X)

Answer 16

figurative language like “new vistas… opened”

Question 17

NOT used to determine characteristics of Speaker?

Answer 17

“Dumpster” is a proprietary word belonging to the Dempsey Dumpster company

Question 18

(on dumpster diving by lars eighner)

Answer 18

“very pleased when I can turn up exactly the thing I most wanted to find”

Question 19

Sanders employs _______ to convey the idea that life can be full of purpose

Answer 19

parallel structure

Question 20

(aren’t i a woman by sojouner truth)

Answer 20

she does not expect answers to her questions; she poses them as thoughtful points

Question 21

the author utilizes example to ___________

Answer 21

convey the idea that mass transportation isn’t as feasible in America

Question 22

the author uses _________ to display the pride she feels for her, often maligned, heritage

Answer 22

parallel structure “I will”

Question 23

the author incorporates figurative language ___________

Answer 23

to explore the significance of the label of “cripple”

Question 24

claim: liu crafts figurative language into his convictions that assimilation into new cultures changes people

Answer 24

the author incorporates the allusion to help with his claim

Question 25

the author crafts ______ to convey how women feel trapped into gender stereotypes

Answer 25

emotionally loaded language