MIDTERM 02 - Evaluating Written Texts

Question 1

__________ entails a deeper, more analytical sort of engagement

Answer 1

Effective reading

Question 2

Writing your feelings and ideas in reaction to your reading assignment (Critical reading strategies)

Answer 2

Keeping a reading journal

Question 3

Making notes on your copy of the reading (Critical reading strategies)

Answer 3

Annotating the text

Question 4

Creating a rough outline of the text is helpful in understanding the text more critically (Critical reading strategies)

Answer 4

Outlining the text

Question 5

__________ helps in evaluating the quality of the writing

Answer 5

Outlining

Question 6

Know your limits when it comes to vocabulary, understanding the important ideas presented, connecting ideas to form logical conclusions, etc. (Critical reading strategies)

Answer 6

Monitor comprehension

Question 7

Be aware of how you process thinking (Critical reading strategies)

Answer 7

Metacognition

Question 8

Includes maps, graphs, frames, clusters, webs, storyboards, Venn diagrams, etc. (Critical reading strategies)

Answer 8

Graphic organizers

Question 9

Is similar to outlining, in that you need to get the gist, but here, you need to write in complete sentences and in paragraphs (Critical reading strategies)

Answer 9

Summarizing the text

Question 10

Involves asking specific questions on points that you are skeptical about (Critical reading strategies)

Answer 10

Questioning the text & answering questions

Question 11

Refers to information that is directly stated and clearly written and explained

Answer 11

Explicit information

Question 12

Refers to information that is implied but not stated outright

Answer 12

Implicit information

Question 13

Refers to the central argument or thesis statement of the text

Answer 13

Claim

Question 14

Are flawed, deceptive, or false arguments that can be proven wrong with reasoning

Answer 14

Logical fallacies

Question 15

2 types of fallacies

Answer 15

Formal, Informal

Question 16

Refers to a flaw in the structure of the argument (Types of fallacies)

Answer 16

Formal fallacy

Question 17

Refers to a flaw in the substance of the argument (Types of fallacies)

Answer 17

Informal fallacy

Question 18

Fallacy that uses personal attacks rather than logic (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 18

Ad hominem

Question 19

Refers to throwing insults and accusations to damage the reputation of an opponent

Answer 19

Mudslinging

Question 20

Fallacy that takes place when an arguer tries to get people to accept a conclusion by making them feel sorry for someone (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 20

Appeal to pity

Question 21

Fallacy that argues that a proposition must be true because it has not been proven false or there is no evidence against it (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 21

Appeal to ignorance (Ad ignorantiam)

Question 22

Fallacy that presents limited options, typically by focusing on two extremes when in fact more possibilities exist (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 22

False dichotomy/dilemma

Question 23

Fallacy that assumes that a certain course of action will necessarily lead to a chain of future events (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 23

Slippery slope

Question 24

Fallacy that occurs when a person’s argument repeats what they already assumed before without arriving at a new conclusion (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 24

Circular argument

Question 25

Are arguments that often use a claim as both a premise and a conclusion

Answer 25

Circular arguments

Question 26

Fallacy that is a claim based on a few examples rather than substantial proof (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 26

Hasty generalization

Question 27

Fallacy that is a conclusion that assumes that if ‘A’ occurred after ‘B’ then ‘B’ must have caused ‘A’ (Examplea of fallacy)

Answer 27

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 28

Fallacy that is a conclusion based on an argument that the origins of a person, idea, institute, or theory determine its character, nature, or worth (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 28

Genetic fallacy

Question 29

Fallacy that focuses on the hypocrisy of an opponent; is an attempt to divert blame (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 29

Appeal to hypocrisy/Tu quoque fallacy

Question 30

Fallacy that is the misuse of an authority’s opinion to support an argument (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 30

Appeal to authority

Question 31

Fallacy that assumes something is true because others agree with it (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 31

Bandwagon fallacy/Ad populum

Question 32

Fallacy that compares minor misdeeds with major atrocities, suggesting that both are equally immoral (Examples of fallacy)

Answer 32

Moral equivalence

Question 33

Refers to the social, cultural, political, historical, and other related circumstances that surround the text

Answer 33

Context