What is an argument?

1.            What is an argument?

A.            A conversation that arises when people disagree about what is true or false, accurate or inaccurate

B.            An effort to change someone’s mind about a controversial topic or issue

C.            Both A and B

D.            The foundation of all good relationships

QUESTION 2

1.            We get our 5 paragraph essay structure from the ______________ model of arguments.

QUESTION 3

1.            If an argument uses appeals to ethos, it appeals to a person’s sense of authority, ethics and tradition.

  True

  False

QUESTION 4

1.            An appeal to logos attempts to engage a person’s need to be understood.

  True

  False

QUESTION 5

1.            What is analysis?

A.            Determining how the parts of a whole work together to create meaning.

B.            The process of studying the nature of something by determining it’s essential features.

C.            A skill that can be applied to both written and visual arguments.

D.            All of the above

QUESTION 6

1.            The act of articulating your position in an argument is a

                Your perogative

                Close-reading

                Analysis

                A response

QUESTION 7

1.            When analyzing a text, you will focus on assessing

                Words that are repeated

                The tone of the text.

                They types of evidence being used

                The main argument of the text