Here are the answes to the questions on p 23-24.
1. An opinion can't be absolutely proven. It's not positive knowledge. A fact can be proven to be absolutely true.
2. Facts are important even in essays. You must be able to back up your opinion with facts or knowledge or you could be considered a fool.
3. All opinions are not equal. Controversial opinions ae more interesting as are more argumentative ones.
4. American foreign policy would be a good essay topic if you can narrow it down to a smaller subject; for example, "American foreign policy is distroying Latin American countries."
5. c,f or h,l,p,q
6. A term paper states facts. An essay expresses an opinion.
Vocabulary section:
1. adequate: decent antonym:lacking
altercation: quarrrel antonym: peace
antagonism: oppositional force antonym: facilitating force.
apathy: indifferent antonym: commited
platitude: dull antonym: inciting
valid: convincing antonym: incorrect
2. A value judgement is the act of deciding that one thing is better than another. For example: National Healtch care is more important than tax cuts.
2. One thing is better than another.
LotR reading over the spring/summer
14 years ago
Hi Ms. Michelle! I have one quick comment. On question #5, I got all but one right-- I marked letter M (Why Should Students Study Literature?) instead of letter P (Most Students Can't Read).
ReplyDeleteI had originally written down letter P until I realized not as much argument could be put into it as could letter M. I thought that Most Students Can't Read sounded somewhat more like a topic for a report or term paper. Am I correct? Or am I wrong? Thanks! :)
Hi Glennellen, I actually thnk both could be correct answers, just that "Most student can't read" sounded more controversial, so I would say give yourself credit for your choice.
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