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AP English Language and Composition Unit 1C: Purpose, Audience and Context in Rhetoric — practice questions

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Word power bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Checking an article, you first look for who wrote it and who published it. You are judging its:Read the answer and worked solution →A short note at the start of an article giving the writer's background helps you check their:Read the answer and worked solution →A piece on medical side effects is written by a doctor rather than a political lobbyist. The doctor is expected to bring more:Read the answer and worked solution →An organisation promoting one way of thinking may shape the content and language of its article. That influence is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Bias is described as showing in which events and facts are included or:Read the answer and worked solution →Left unexamined, a strong stance in a text is described as something that can:Read the answer and worked solution →In general, when weighing sources, you are advised to look for articles written with:Read the answer and worked solution →A checklist for testing a source's reliability spells out the memorable name:Read the answer and worked solution →A researcher reads a soldier's own wartime diary. That document is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A student wants a firsthand record of a strike for her essay. She should reach for:Read the answer and worked solution →Newspaper coverage written at the time an event happened counts as a:Read the answer and worked solution →A reviewer supports her claims about a novel by citing works written about that novel. Those are:Read the answer and worked solution →A student builds a page combining text, images and audio. That kind of work is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Every composition, multimodal or not, is said to begin with the:Read the answer and worked solution →Choices in a multimodal piece are made based on context, audience, purpose, culture and:Read the answer and worked solution →All multimodal compositions are described as being created for a specific time, place and:Read the answer and worked solution →A short interesting story told to make a point or amuse readers is an:Read the answer and worked solution →The point of highest interest and emotional response in a narrative is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the primary sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the CRAAP lettersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the media gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the media wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Trust or questionRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the source kindsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Media literacy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Which researchers first identified shallow and deep levels of processing?Read the answer and worked solution →Linking a new word's meaning to similar words is which processing?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of processing deals with word structure and the sounds of words?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Word power bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    The dictionary meaning.
    Item
    Denotation
  2. Clue
    The feeling it carries.
    Item
    Connotation
  3. Clue
    Says one thing is another.
    Item
    Metaphor
  4. Clue
    Compares using as or like.
    Item
    Simile
  5. Clue
    Deliberate exaggeration.
    Item
    Hyperbole
  6. Clue
    Speaks to the senses.
    Item
    Imagery
  7. Clue
    Stands for something more.
    Item
    Symbol
  8. Clue
    The central character.
    Item
    Protagonist
  9. Clue
    What the work means.
    Item
    Theme
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, word choice and literary language sections._

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Checking an article, you first look for who wrote it and who published it. You are judging its:

  1. Credibility
  2. Circulation
  3. Calligraphy
  4. Cataloguing
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Correct answer: A. Credibility

1. The author's expertise matters. 2. So does any agenda behind the piece. 3. You are judging credibility. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, source evaluation and multimodal composition sections._

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A short note at the start of an article giving the writer's background helps you check their:

  1. Exports
  2. Expertise
  3. Expenses
  4. Exposure
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Correct answer: B. Expertise

1. The blurb often links to credentials. 2. That is how you weigh the writer. 3. It helps you check expertise. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, source evaluation and multimodal composition sections._

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