8.11.B Analyze The Use Of Rhetorical & Logical Fallacies
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Grade 8
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
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- Q1Which sentence supports the belief that online education will be more widespread in the future?U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan believes so strongly in virtual education that he helped budget $500 million for the development of online precollege and college courses over the next 10 years.This “classroom” experience is far different than anything they did in school.Students involved in extracurricular activities, those who have been hospitalized, or those who are behind in earning required credits can meet their educational needs through enrollment in online classes.A 2009 Department of Education report suggests that students enrolled in online classes performed better than those in traditional schools.60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
- Q2The author includes the description of Samantha working on her laptop in paragraph 1 most likely to —provide an example for readers who are unfamiliar with online classesexplain to readers the process of logging on to online classesillustrate the steps involved in completing an online assignmentsuggest that interactive videos are an important part of online assignments60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
- Q3The author uses the questions in paragraph 4 to —explain how false assumptions kept her from pursuing her interest in writingsuggest that her opinions were not accepted by othersshow that there are benefits to being able to speak two languagesprove that maturity has enhanced her ability to write60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
- Q4Which sentence from the letter best supports the author’s claim that reading helps writers develop their skills?Revising is now one of my favorite parts of being a writer, though I didn’t always feel that way.Without practice, you will never learn to hear and sing your own unique song.We’re curious to see what others are doing with words, but—what is more important—we like what happens to us when we open a book, how we journey into the pages.In the last twenty years, I’ve spent more and more time writing my own books for children and adults.60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
- Q5The author organizes paragraph 8 by —discussing the differences between celebrities and heroesproviding definitions of the words celebrity and herogiving examples of celebrities and heroesexplaining the origins of the words celebrity and hero60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
- Q6How does the author support his claim that every young person has the potential to be a hero?By contrasting society’s definition of a hero with the word’s real meaningBy providing examples of qualities that have made people famousBy defining the qualities that make a young person a heroBy including examples of young people who exhibit the qualities of a hero60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
- Q7Read this sentence about heroes from paragraph 9. The author includes this sentence most likely to emphasize that —heroes affect many peopleheroes must believe in themselvesmost heroes focus on working with childreneveryone is a hero in some way60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
- Q8In which sentence does the author attempt to stir emotions in the reader?It’s true that we live in a fast-paced world now, and technology has contributed to the “instantness” of our society.They tell their children not to interrupt when others are talking.Imagine the confusion children feel when adults refuse to practice the simple courtesiesthey themselves preach.Children are taught to apologize when they’ve been disrespectful to a schoolmate.60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
- Q9By referring to Emily Post in both the beginning and ending of the article, the author —suggests that traditional ideas about etiquette do not apply to the digital etiquette needed todayimplies that etiquette focuses too much on others’ feelings and not enough on a person’s own actionsimplies that hosting a party based on the information from Emily Post’s book would be difficult todaycommunicates that even though some etiquette rules may be outdated, the need to have manners is still important today60s8.11.B: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Persuasive Text
