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

Question #1

Critical reading involves:

A. prereading and annotating

B. prereading, annotating, and asking questions

C. prereading

D. annotating

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. a sentence that introduces the conclusion of the essay

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

C. the main assertion or idea of the essay

Question #5

Rhetoric is defined as:

A. an essay

B. general term used to discuss effective writing

C. a speech

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

Question #6

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

A. Definition

B. Cause and Effect

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

D. Example

E. Comparison and definition

Question #7

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

A. Classical, Roget, and Talmond

B. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

C. Classical, Rogerian, and Toulmin

D. Classical, Rogerian, and Talmond