ASSESS
Directions: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of your answer on the blank,
1. What do you call any opinion that influences a person's thoughts, feelings, or actions?
a, bias
b. conclusion
d. prejudice
c judgement
2. What is NOT TRUE about blas?
a. The author takes only one side and ignore the other side of the argument
b. The author labeled the entire group just because of what one person did.
The writer is persuading the reader to take his/her side,
d. The author is relying on complete information,
3. How can we detect bias in an article or text?
a. look for loaded words
c. distinguish facts and opinions
b. watch out for stereotypes
d, all three
4. Which of the following statements show blas?
a. Karl Benz was the inventor of the modern automobile, Mercedes,
b. Mercedes was the first vehicle to have brakes on all four wheels, so that was quite a safe invention,
c. All German made cars are good because I have owned three Mercedes and each one of thorn has
been an excellent car,
d. Mercedes was named after a woman, Maria de las Mercedes, a Spanish title for the Virgin Mary
which meant Mary of the Mercies.
5. What author's bias is shown in the statement:
"The plan to fix our roads mostly benefits friends of the Mayor. He plans to pay his buddies in the
construction business thousands of dollars over the next two years. I do not want to insult anyone, but the
Mayor is of Italian decent, and we all know what reputation they have in this part of the country. Need I
remind you of Al Capone and other Italian Mafia members"?
Sant Authors Tone on (d) podlew w moico0111611 any
a. generalization b. stereotypes
c. loaded words d. one-sided argument​