Name: ____________________________
Date: _______________
Reading Quiz #1
Part One: Definitions
Below are 20 key terms and concepts that you have read in the assigned chapters. How do the
textbook authors define these terms? Each of your answers should be just a sentence or two. In
addition, you must cite the page numbers where you found your answers, parenthetically, at the end of
the definitions. In addition, list 2 key terms of your own as #19 and #20. You should be able to
complete this entire quiz in 1 to 1.5 hrs.
(1)
Rhetoric
(2)
Argument
(3)
Mature Reasoner
(4)
Debater
(5)
The four aims of argument
(6)
Claim
(7)
Implied questions
(8) Conviction
(9) Persuasion
(10) Mature Responder
(11) Unexamined beliefs
(12) Audience adaptation
(13) Dialectic
(14) Critical reading
(15) Rhetorical context
(16) Concede
(17) Passive voice
(18) Annotation
(19)
(20)
Part Two: A Critical Reading Exercise
Use your remaining time to write your own critical response to the video that the class has viewed,
Growing Up Online. If you had to formulate the argument or thesis statement for this video, then what
would that be? Then write a critical response about the video. Feel free to write about any topics from
the video that you’d like. Your response to this section should be a minimum of 400 words.