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

Question #1

Critical reading involves:

A. prereading, annotating, and asking questions

B. annotating

C. prereading and annotating

D. prereading

E. asking questions

Question #2

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

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 topic sentence of each body paragraph of the essay

B. the main assertion or idea 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. Definition

B. Example

C. Cause and Effect

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

E. Comparison and definition

Question #7

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

A. Classical, Rogerian, and Toulmin

B. Classical, Roget, and Talmond

C. Classical, Rogerian, and Talmond

D. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates