Ist Grading EAPP Module 2

To change your mind and to convince you to take action

2 main goals in convincing a person are

True

A single mistake in the text can lead to the end of the author's career. You Must cite proper sources to avoid plagiarism and conflict with other authors or sources

True

An author may use a lot of factual information as tools to persuade the reader, but the goal is to really persuade and not just to inform the reader

True

Expressive texts may have more opinion than facts.

Informative Text

In writing this text one must take extra caution when writing facts if they want to build their credibility and trustworthiness.

Satire

It is a form of writing that uses humor to scorn and/or expose follies of a person, an organization, or politics in a government.

Persuasive Text

The author's main goal is to convince you.

Expressive text

These are texts that are sometimes more creative in nature, and the goal of the author could be to engage the reader's emotions such as joy, anger, and frustrations.

True

Writing informative texts requires a lot of research. The author must check if the sources of the information are valid and reliable.

expressive text

may be found in literary pieces such as poems and stories. In real life, they can be found in the feature articles of magazines and newspapers.

Informative Text

unlike persuasive texts its aim is to give information only, but not necessarily to convince the reader to believe or to do something.