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Bloom's Taxonomy correct answers A system for categorizing levels of abstraction of questions
that commonly occur in educational settings. Includes the following competencies: knowledge,
comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
active reading correct answers reading with a purpose; engaging your mind before, during, and
after reading to increase your competition; moves you up the taxonomy scale from low level
remembering and understanding to high level analyzing and evaluating of a text
approaching a text, believing and doubting, annotate while reading correct answers methods of
active reading:
kwl method correct answers know, want, learn and is used to guide students through a text by
doing the k,w,l; understanding a text means engaging with the text
cognitive biases correct answers (12) systemic ways in which the context and framing of
information influence individuals judgement and decision-making
logical fallacies correct answers an error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid
academic writing correct answers formal, genre driven, meant to inform or persuade, objective,
3rd person pronouns, ex. arguments, proposals
non-academic writing correct answers (personal) meant to entertain, informal, loose structure,
ex. poetry, blogs, magazines
analyze, persuade, inform correct answers purpose of academic writing
pre-writing/planning, organizing/outlining, writing, editing, revising correct answers steps of the
writing process (power)
introduction, body, conclusion correct answers 3 parts of an essay
should establish background, or context, of the subject about which you are writing; should lead
to a thesis statement at the end correct answers what information should be in the introduction of
an essay?
thesis correct answers the purpose or main idea of a paper
at the end of the introduction correct answers where is a thesis statement typically found?
direct thesis statement correct answers clearly states the main idea of an essay
implied thesis statement correct answers less recognizable and the reader must infer the meaning
, implied thesis leads to misinterpretation of the purpose and theme; direct is more ideal correct
answers why are you asked to use direct thesis in this class?
hook correct answers methods a writer uses in an introduction to engage the audience and keep
them reading
appropriate correct answers (appropriate or inappropriate) startling facts or statistics, famous
quotes (relevant and cited), objective scenarios or examples
inappropriate correct answers (appropriate or inappropriate) rhetorical questions (must be
authoritative), 1st person anecdotes (require subjectivity)
paragraph correct answers a section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic.
topic sentence correct answers a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph usually the 1st or
last sentence of a paragraph
transitions correct answers words or phrases used to connect ideas together; usually found at the
end of the 1st paragraph or at the beginning of the 2nd or both
conclusion correct answers wraps up an essay to keep it from ending abruptly and reinforces the
thesis/main idea
all in all, altogether, overall, in essence, all things considered, finally correct answers transitions
that introduce a conclusion:
tone correct answers a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction
and figurative language; academic writing tone is formal
purpose, audience, genre, stance, media/design correct answers five components of rhetorical
situation
drives everything correct answers purpose in rhetorical situation
influences vocab/tone, evidence correct answers audience in rhetorical situation
depends on purpose correct answers genre in rhetorical situation
position/feelings on subject (tone,diction) correct answers stance in rhetorical situation
format (print,digital, etc.) correct answers media/design in rhetorical situation
logos correct answers Appeal to logic
ethos correct answers credibility
