Sunday, July 29, 2007

Exercise 5b

Identifying Topics

1. Holidays

2. Writers

3. Puzzles

4. Nutrition

5. Resume

6. Dental

Exercise 7b

Determining an Author's Purpose

1. The author's purpose is to inform.

2. The author's purpose is to entertain.

3. The author's purpose is to persuade.

4. The author's purpose is to entertain.

5. The author's purpose is to entertain.

Exercise 7d

Setting the Tone

1. c. The tone is troubled

2. a. The tone is intense

3. b. The tone is authoritative

4. d. The tone is Religious

Chapter 14 CRCB

Evaluating Internet resources

In evaluating the Internet you should use this seven step guide.1. Know your purpose. 2. Double-check facts and resources. 3. Consider the source. 4. Evaluate content. 5. Determine intended audience. 6. Evaluate the writing. 7. Use what you already know.By knowing how to effectively evaluate Internet material will be beneficial to you in all your endeavours.

Chapter13 CRCB

Reading beyond the words

Critical reading involves critical thinking.There are six levels of understanding.Here is Bloom's taxonomy list of these different levels; knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.By learning and understanding these developmental learning levels you are indeed challenging yourself.

Exercise 12i

Recognizing facts and opinions (F) Fact (O) Opinion

1. Tibetans, Mongolians, and people in parts of western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.(O)

2. Salt tastes better in coffee than sugar does. (O)

3. In 1740 a cow was found guilty of sorcery in France and publicly hanged. (F)

4. Cows thought to be guilty of sorcery should be hanged.(O)

5. Ice hockey is the most exciting sport to view on television. (O)

6. Progressive jazz is annoying and should not be played on the radio between 9 A.M and 5 P.M (O)

7. According to a current study, it would take 27,000 spiders, each spinning a single web, to produce a pound of web.(F)

8. A spider web is one of nature's more beautiful and fascinating phenomena. (O)

9. At birth, baby kangaroos are only about an inch long-no bigger than a large water bug or a queen bee.(F)

10. A quarter has 119 grooves on its circumference; a dime has one fewer.(F)

Chapter 12 CRCB

This chapter was about evaluating and identifying arguments.There are two primary types of arguments, inductive and deductive.Deductive arguments are judged as either being true or false.This type of argument begins with a general statement or examples that prove the the statement is true by specific details or reasons.This is called a premises.
Inductive arguments begin with a series of specific observations and concludes with a generalization that logically follows from it.This type of argument is judged for being strong or weak.