Midterm Review RWS

This is a group of ideas put together to make a point or one central idea.

• Discourse

• Sentence

• Speech

• Text

A news article is an example of a written discourse. What is the purpose of this discourse?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To ridicule

Which of the following examples aims to persuade?

• A spoken word poetry

• A politician's campaign speech

• An advertisement in newspaper

• A weather forecast

What is the connection between a text and a discourse?

• A text and a discourse are both written

• A text and a discourse are both subjective in nature

• A text is a connected discourse

• A text is an arbitrary form of discourse

Why is the text considered a connected discourse?

• The ideas in a text are combined to put emphasis on one thought

• There is only one central idea in a text

• Ideas in the text must be related

• All of these are correct

What is a technique in selecting and organizing data wherein you simply jot down all the words or ideas that come to mind about a topic?

• Brainstorming list

• Graphic organizer

• Sentence Outline

• Topic outline

What technique for selecting and organizing information uses visual displays to show relationships between or among ideas?

• Brainstorming list

• Graphic Organizer

• Sentence Outline

• Topic Outline

What is considered to be the skeleton of any written text?

• Brainstorming

• Discourse

• Graphic Organizers

• Outline

In outlining, to indent subheadings and sub-subheadings is optional.

• False

• It depends

• Maybe

• True

The following are used in formatting an outline EXCEPT.

• Alphabet letter

• Arabic numbers

• Line arrows

• Roman numerals