Los Angeles City College » English » English 103 - Composition/Critical Thinking » Summer 2021

Question #1

Critical reading involves:

A. annotating

B. asking questions

C. prereading

D. prereading, annotating, and asking questions

E. prereading and annotating

Question #2

Annotating involves reading with a pen/pencil and writing in the margins, "talking back" to the text.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #3

According to the WI intro pages, the most reliable way to start writing is to:

A. ask a question

B. research first

Question #4

The thesis statement is:

A. the main assertion or idea of the essay

B. the topic sentence of each body paragraph of the essay

C. a sentence that introduces the conclusion of the essay

Question #5

Rhetoric is defined as:

A. a general term used to discuss an author's biography

B. an essay

C. general term used to discuss effective writing

D. a speech

Question #6

The methods of development used in the WI readings this semester will include:

A. Comparison and definition

B. Definition

C. cause and effect, definition, example, and comparison

D. Cause and Effect

E. Example

Question #7

The 3 different forms of argument defined in the reading include:

A. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

B. Classical, Roget, and Talmond

C. Classical, Rogerian, and Toulmin

D. Classical, Rogerian, and Talmond