your claim by presenting evidence to

substantiate.
Examining Author’s Purpose and Determining
A. Warrant
Author’s Arguments
B. Argument
QUESTIONNAIRE: C. Arguing
D. Warranting
1. It is the reason the source was created. 7. It is the statement that connects the initial
A. References C. Author’s background claim and the argument.
B. Author’s purpose D. Author’ approval A. Qualifier
B. Warrant
2. What are the steps in identifying the purpose? C. Argument(evidence)
I. If the purpose isn’t obvious, ask “How D. Counter Argument/Objective
did this make me feel”? 8. An argument that substantiates a claim.
II. Look for the clue words to find the A. Conclusion/Thesis Statement
purpose. B. Research Method
III. Ask, “Why did the author create/write C. Objective
the text. D. Evidence
9. Text that has one or more purpose.
A. III,I,II C. II,I,III A. Combination of purposes
B. II,III,I D. I,III,II B. Multi-purposes
C. Combination of porpuses
3. It is to convince the reader of something either D. Combination of multi-purposes
to believe an idea or buy a product, or to do 10. Political cartoons : to inform and to entertain ::
something? Newspaper editorial : ---------------------
A. Narrative text A. To inform and to explain
B. Expository text B. To inform and to persuade
C. Descriptive text C. To inform and to narrate
D. Persuasive text D. To inform and to describe
4. What is the purpose of writing?
A. To persuade and to inform
B. To narrate and to describe
C. To explain and to entertain
D. All of the above

5. Which of the following statement is not a

component of argument?
A. The statement that connect the initial
claim and argument
B. A point of view, a claim, something we
are arguing in favour of
C. The actual argument, the evidence we
are using to agree with
D. A statement that links the initial claim
to the argument and ensures that we
understand how the arguments
function.

6. This means claiming that something is true and

trying to persuade other people to agree with