Quiz 1 Omnivore's Dilemma- ELA 2025

Consumer

Someone who purchases goods

Organic

No chemicals or natural

Impact

Having a affect (pos/neg)

Factors

Things that contribute to a result

Industrial

Production of goods on a large scale

Processes

Series of operations

Sustainable

Kept alive/fresh for more time

Conflicting

Differing

Dilemma

Problem

Diverse

A variety/different

POV

Narration (purpose)

Perspective

How the author feels about the topic

Delineating

Outline/define in detail

Purpose

Reason for writing a text

Motive

WHY the another wrote it (personal)

Interpret

Explain/understand the meaning

Sufficiency

Enough

Relevancy

Degree to which something is related of useful

Determine

Decide

Reasoning

Logical thoughts

Sound

Valid, ALL premises are true

Allusion

An indirect reference to something that is well known

Metaphor

Comparing 2 things without “Like” or “As”

Understatement

Less important

Idiom

Phrase where the words together have a different meaning than the individual meaning of the words

Imagery

Using the senses through descriptive language

Personification

Giving inanimate ob

Propaganda

Information especially of a biased or misleading nature, is used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

Situational Irony

When there is a disparity between what is expected and what actually occurs

Simile

Comparing two things using “like” or “as”

Tone

Authors attitude toward the subject tone can create mood but mood cannot create tone

POV Notes- Topic:

Only for that particular section and page they ask you to look back at. Make this SHORT and BROAD - a few words, not a full sentence

POV Notes- Author’s Point of View:

Author’s Attitude (Tone)

Think of this as positive or negative and about what?

POV Notes- Evidence of Author’s Point of View:

2-3 words or phrases - not full quotes

POV Notes- Author’s Purpose: 

Start with To inform, To persuade, or To entertain and then fill in the rest

POV Notes- Understanding: 

Start with “Helps us…” and think of what you understood better because of this section

What was 3 ways the book has changed peoples lives?

Changed what people ate, how they thought about food and made people change careers.

What is the author's aim in writing the book? What does he invite his readers to do?

The author wanted his readers to be educated on what people put in their bodies and where it comes from and how it affected them and their environment in order to make good choices.

What is the omnivore’s dilemma?

That people don’t know where their food comes from and what is good or bad to eat.