Unit One

Question 1

Audience

Answer 1

The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium.

Question 2

Annotating

Answer 2

Adding notes or comments to a text to mark significant features and/or personal commentary.

Question 3

Author’s purpose

Answer 3

The reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work.

Question 4

Bias

Answer 4

A particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned.

Question 5

Citation

Answer 5

A reference to the author’s name, title of work, date published, publisher, and/or page numbers of quoted or paraphrased text in a shortened in-text notation or in a longer bibliographic entry.

Question 6

Collaboration

Answer 6

The process of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing wherein each member speaks, is heard, and takes ownership of the resulting product or activity.

Question 7

Commentary

Answer 7

Written/spoken explanations or interpretations that further develop an idea.

Question 8

Context

Answer 8

The words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage.

Question 9

Correspondence

Answer 9

Any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of a letter, e-mail, fax, etc.

Question 10

Credibility

Answer 10

The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information.

Question 11

Drawing conclusions

Answer 11

A form of inference in which the reader gathers information, considers the general thoughts or ideas that emerge from the information and comes to a decision; the conclusion is generally based on more than one piece of information.

Question 12

Inference

Answer 12

A logical guess made by connecting bits of information.

Question 13

Imagery

Answer 13

Languages that appeal to your senses. Imagery in writing can aim at a reader’s sense of taste, smell, touch, hearing, or sight through vivid descriptions.

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.

Question 15

Inquiry

Answer 15

An act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic.

Question 16

Key idea

Answer 16

Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

Question 17

Notetaking

Answer 17

The study skill of outlining or summarizing the ideas of a lecture, a book, or another source of information to aid in the retention of ideas.

Question 18

Paraphrase

Answer 18

Restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.

Question 19

Plagiarize

Answer 19

To present the ideas or word of another as one’s own without crediting the source.

Question 20

Reliable source

Answer 20

A credible or believable source. Some questions to evaluate credibility might be: Is the author a respected authority on the subject? Does the author support opinions with strong argumentation and reasoning? How current is the information?

Question 21

Research process

Answer 21

The process of objectively investigating and collecting information regarding a particular subject in order to discover facts, theories, perspectives, etc.

Question 22

Summarize/Summary

Answer 22

To reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.

Question 23

Synthesize

Answer 23

To combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole.

Question 24

Text evidence

Answer 24

Paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text.

Question 25

Tone

Answer 25

The attitude or general character of a piece of writing and is often related to the attitude of the writer or speaker.