Informational Text Quiz

The Compare and Contrast pattern examines (a)  

• Details about a topic
• Similarities and differences
• Events in chronological order
• Relationships between events

Which feature helps strengthen an argumentative text?

• Ignoring counterarguments

• Addressing counterarguments

• Avoiding evidence

• Using fictional stories

Match the following effects with their corresponding rhetorical devices in an argumentative text.

• Using puns

• Weakens the argument

• Using strong evidence

• Makes it confusing

• Using complex jargon

• Makes it humorous

• Using sarcasm

• Strengthens the argument

It is important to address counterarguments in persuasive writing to (a)   .

• To ignore opposing views
• To strengthen the argument
• To confuse the reader
• To avoid evidence

Pathos is an appeal to what aspect in rhetoric?

• Logic

• Emotions

• Credibility

• Authority

Match the following rhetorical appeals with their descriptions.

• Establishing trust and credibility

• Ethos

• Appeal to timeliness and opportunity

• Pathos

• Appeal to logic and reason

• Logos

• Appeal to emotions

• Kairos

Match the following appeals with their most effective use in presentations.

• Emotional storytelling

• Ethos

• Cultural or traditional narratives

• Mythos

• Logical reasoning and data

• Logos

• Credibility and authority

• Pathos

A logical fallacy is (a)  

• A valid argument
• A type of reasoning that strengthen
• Errors in reasoning that weaken an
• A mathematical proof

Which of the following is NOT a type of logical fallacy mentioned?

• Ad hominem

• Slippery slope

• False dichotomy

• Red herring

Which of the following is a common type of logical fallacy?

• Empirical evidence

• Ad hominem

• Scientific method

• Logical proof