Unit Two

Question 1

1.B Reading Skill Focus

Answer 1

Explain how an argument demonstrates understanding of an audience’s beliefs,values,or needs

Question 2

2.B Writing Skill Focus

Answer 2

Demonstrate understanding of an audience beliefs,values, or needs

Question 3

“Sports” Claim:

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Answer 3

Dominating television and film, athletes have become cultural icons.

Question 4

“Sports” Evidence:

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Answer 4

The language of sports has become very knowledgeable amongst adulthood and in politics. Recognizable phrases such as “be a good sport” or “the best defense is a good offense” are often used in a variety of ways that sometimes are not always related to sports. The use of sports in media has changed the way we have talked to one another.

Question 5

Goals of unit 2:

Answer 5

• start exploring the topic of culture through close reading and choice note taking.
• make a claim and support it with evidence and reasoning by responding to a journal prompt.
• explore the language of culture through close reading, choice note taking, and discussion.
• compare and contrast how different authors use rhetorical situations to create claims through an online discussion board.

Question 6

In the text “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” the author uses what rhetorical situations

Answer 6

Ethos and Pathos because she used was stories and she convinces people that you can’t get everyone from different cultures to talk and act the same.

Question 7

How does community impact the individual?

Answer 7

Community and individuality have to be balanced. In the past, community meant that people were gathered together with different skillsets. Now it means the exact opposite- like minded people clump together.