Part 4: Writing to Evaluate Mortimer's Style - 100%

Which question should writers ask in order to consider their audience? When is my writing due? Who will read my writing? How long should my writing be? How will I reach my writing goal?

Who will read my writing?

At what point should a writer introduce evidence in a paragraph? in the topic sentence before making a point after making a point in the concluding statement

after making a point

Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. If you want to know which years are a good time to visit and which years to avoid, the following is a guide to the extremes. The years of greatest plenty—i.e., those in which the price of grain is 20 percent or more below the average—are 1564, 1566, 1569-71, 1583-84, 1587-88, 1592-93, and 1602, the very best being 1592 and 1593, when grain prices are just 56 percent and 65 percent of the average. The author's objective tone is effective because it helps readers to analyze the information logically. enjoy the humor in the information. feel excited about the information. engage with the information emotionally.

analyze the information logically.

Read the literary analysis paragraph. Shakespeare's writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape. His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors. In Titus Andronicus, he uses words like "ruthless," "vast," and "gloomy" to describe forests. Although he is known as the "playwright's playwright," Shakespeare could have been a travel guide. Which sentence from the paragraph contains the best use of domain-specific vocabulary? Shakespeare's writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape. His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors. In Titus Andronicus, he uses words like "ruthless," "vast," and "gloomy" to describe forests. Although he is known as the "playwright's playwright," Shakespeare could have been a travel guide.

His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors.

Lukas follows these steps when reading a text. Identify the author's purpose. Analyze elements of the author's style. Determine how the style supports the purpose. Lukas is the author's style. developing evaluating memorizing paraphrasing

evaluating

Which of these are examples of strong evidence? Check all that apply. evidence that is specific to the topic evidence that is directly related to the topic evidence that is based on personal opinions about the topic evidence that is substantial enough to fully support the topic evidence that is colorful enough to make the topic entertaining

evidence that is specific to the topic evidence that is directly related to the topic evidence that is substantial enough to fully support the topic

To analyze an author's style, which elements should the reader identify? Check all that apply. audience plot point of view tone word choice

point of view tone word choice

Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Perhaps the most difficult thing to come to terms with is the scale of death. Influenza, for example, is an affliction which you no doubt have come across. However, you have never encountered anything like Elizabethan flu. It arrives in December 1557 and lasts for eighteen months. In the ten-month period August 1558 to May 1559 the annual death rate almost trebles to 7.2 percent (normally it is 2.5 percent). More than 150,000 people die from it—5 percent of the population. This is proportionally much worse than the great influenza pandemic of 1918-19 (0.53 percent mortality). The evidence in the passage is strong because it is exciting to read. rephrases the topic. expresses an opinion. is relevant to the topic.

is relevant to the topic.

When a reader evaluates an author's style, the reader memorizes passages of interest. adopts an attitude toward the text. summarizes the main topics in the text. judges it in a careful and thoughtful way.

judges it in a careful and thoughtful way.

Read the sentence. The playwright created a tragedy with nice characterizations. Which underlined word would be the best to replace in order to create more precise wording? playwright tragedy nice characterizations

nice