Reading: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Effective authors do what?

Cite evidence and resources to support their ideas about a text

What should effective evidence be?

believable, relevant, specific

how to make predictions from the text?

By identify the main idea and supporting details

what is a conclusion?

Statement that you make about something after you have analyzed information that you have

What is a theme?

central idea or message of a text that the author is tryig to communicate

How to identify a theme?

Narration: the way the story is told

Setting: the time and place

Characters: People or animals

Dialogue: conversation between the characters

Plot: sequence of events that take place

What is a claim?

the main argument that the author is trying to make

what is a counterargument?

Augment that goes against the claim?

What are the three steps for evaluating an argument?

1. identify the author’s topic

2. Ask yourself about the claim or opinion being expressed on the topic

3. ensure that the author also addresses counterclaims for the topic

What is a source?

person, book, article, or website

what is a peer-reviewed?

published articles that have been evaluated and analyzed by experts on the topic

What is a primary source?

an original document or firsthand account

what is a secondary source ?

a document or account that interpret or analyzes an event (also known as a secondhand account of the event)

what is a tertiary source?

a document or account that complies, organizes, and summarizes a primary and secondary source

What is a rhetorical devices?

words or phrase that are used to persuade the audience

what is logos?

As an appeals to logic (it is a way of convincing the audience with facts and reason)

what is ethos?

an appeal to ethnics (it is a way of convincing the audience of the author’s credibility

what is pathos?

an appeal to emotion (it a way of convincing the audience by making them feel emotional connection to the author or the topic)

What is a quantitative data?

data that can be measured

what is a qualitative data?

data that cannot be measured

what is a low priority claims?

those that are not essential to the argument (they can be cut without affecting the overall argument)

what is a valid claims?

those that are supported by evidence

what is a useful claims?

those that help to support the argument and are relevant to the topic