Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias Assessment

Bias is...

The author's purpose is the _______ they are writing.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?

Florida businesses will lose more money from crime this year than they'll spend on water, gas and electricity. This is according to a study released Tuesday. From shoplifting to employee theft, crime is expected to cost Florida

businesses $27.4 billion. The cost is twice that of residential crime, according to the report issued by Attorney General Charlie Crist and a law enforcement/industry coalition.

The biggest perpetrators, surprisingly, are not robbers and burglars. Rather, they are rogue employees, pilfering everything from stock inventory and office

supplies to company accounts and confidential data. More than $13 billion in losses -- almost half of Florida's annual total -- are attributed to those inside jobs, the study said. State officials said they are launching a campaign to

inform the public and business community about the problem.

• To persuade the reader to buy a security system.

• To entertain the reader with stories.

• To inform the reader about how to steal from businesses.

• To inform the reader about the effects of stealing.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

Does the title of the article' “Cost of Crime Adds Up”

By Richard Burnett, Sentinel Staff Writer show a bias?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.6

Which of the following is the first step in the process of determining an author's perspective?

• Look for what is left out about the topic

• Look for what is included about the topic

• Identify a topic

• Identify loaded language

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CCSS.RI.7.6

Loaded language is ___________ language and makes you feel something.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the author’s perspective toward rogue employees?

Florida businesses will lose more money from crime this year than they'll spend on water, gas and electricity. This is according to a study released Tuesday. From shoplifting to employee theft, crime is expected to cost Florida

businesses $27.4 billion. The cost is twice that of residential crime, according to the report issued by Attorney General Charlie Crist and a law enforcement/industry coalition.

The biggest perpetrators, surprisingly, are not robbers and burglars. Rather, they are rogue employees, pilfering everything from stock inventory and office

supplies to company accounts and confidential data. More than $13 billion in losses -- almost half of Florida's annual total -- are attributed to those inside jobs, the study said. State officials said they are launching a campaign to

inform the public and business community about the problem.

• They are good for Florida businesses, according to the reports

  issued.

• They should be fired immediately and prosecuted for their crimes.

• They are worse than burglars and robbers when stealing from

  businesses.

• They should lose income from their employers since they are

  thieves.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.6

Which word in this section shows bias?

I won’t pretend Senate Democrats, knowing they don’t have the power to stop Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, have turned the confirmation hearings into a campaign platform to smear President Donald Trump.

• pretend

• confirmation

• stop

• smear

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.6

Biased or unbiased?

"YouTube censors, silences news they don’t want to hear"

• biased

• unbiased

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.SL.7.3

Biased or unbiased?

Autism is usually thought of as a serious developmental problem. People who are autistic often have trouble communicating with others and may have a tendency to do things over and over, or to focus on one interest to the exclusion of everything else.

• biased

• unbiased

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.8