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• Factual text , informs the structor persuades the reader or listener by giving facts of information
• Literary text , are pieces of writing that tells a story to entertain
• relevance , is how appropriate something is to what is being said
• Consider the source, investigate the site you are viewing
• Read beyond, headlines can be outrageous in an effort to get clicks
• Check the author, do a quick search on the author to find out they are real and credible
• check the date, reposting old stories does not mean theyre relevant
• check you biases, consider your own belief could affect you judgement
• Discussing text also known as "argumentative text/content" present an issue surrounding a particular topic
• Argumentative Content tries to change the readers mind by convincing them to agree with the writer point of view
• Introduction is the introductory paragraph it introduces the problem and gives background information needed for the argument
• Body the body of the essay contains the reasons it is three or more paragrahps that explain the reason why you support your thesis
• Conclusion it summarizes all of the arguments made in the body paragraphs
• Testimonial evidence statement of truth from a certain person
• Statistical evidence are the result of research or surveys that can never be proven
• Anecdotal evidence are collected in a casual or informal manner relying heavily or entirely on personal testimony
• Analogical based on the idea that two or more things are similar in some aspects
• Questions of fact are those that ask you to answer whether or not something is true , yes or no
• Questions of value address the relative merit ( goodness or badness) of something. here , you are asked to choose between things
• Questions of policy ask the writer to explain what they would do , the key word is " should " the questions ask the writer to make a plan of action to solve some sort of problem
• persuasive text writing offers the opportunity to convince the reader to adapt a particular view point