MTTC 002 - Craft

Question 1

Topic

Answer 1

• The subject of a text (what the text is about)
• Usually expressed in a few words

Question 2

Main Idea

Answer 2

• The most important point being made by the author
• Usually needs a full sentence to be completely defined

Question 3

Purpose of Informational Texts

Answer 3

• Written to educate and enlighten readers
• Almost always nonfiction and are rarely structured as a story
• The intention is to deliver information
• Clear structure
• Thesis statement is one or two sentences that normally appears at the end of the first paragraph
• Emphasis on clarity and precision
• Do not usually appeal to the emotions
• Often contain facts and figures and rarely include the opinion of the author

Question 4

Purpose of Persuasive Writing

Answer 4

• Written to attempt to change the reader’s mind or convince them of something they did not previously believe
• Opinion is presented as fact
• Emotional language
• Will often try to play on the emotions of the reader or appeal to their sympathy or sense of morality
• Will often give an unfair explanation of opposing positions, if these positions are mentioned at all

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Question 5

Purpose of Entertaining Texts

Answer 5

• Written to entertain readers
• The success or failure of an author’s intent to entertain is determined by those who read the author’s work
• May be either fiction or nonfiction
• Are often narratives or poems
• Often contain colorful language that engages the imagination and the emotions
• Often features a great deal of figurative language, which typically enlivens the subject matter with images and analogies
• Tend to showcase the personality of the author more than other types of writing

Question 6

Purpose of Expository Passage

Answer 6

• Aims to inform and enlighten readers
• Are nonfiction and tend to center around a simple, easily defined topic
• Since the goal of exposition is to teach, such a passage should be as clear as possible
• Usually will contain organizing words, such as first, next, for example, and therefore to keep the reader oriented I’m the text
• The writer is often more concerned with clarity and comprehensibility than engaging the reader

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Question 7

Purpose of Narrative Passage

Answer 7

• Is a story that can be fiction or nonfiction
• Must have a plot
• Has characters
• Often contains figurative language, which is meant to stimulate the imagination of readers by making comparisons and observations

Question 8

Purpose of Technical Passage

Answer 8

• Written to describe a complex object or process
• Comon in medical and technological fields, in which. math, science, and engineering need to be explained simply and clearly
• Usually proceeds in a very logical order
• Often have clear headings and subheadings to keep the reader oriented in the text
• Passages divide sections up with numbers or letters (Like an outline)
• Amount of jargon or difficult vocabulary will vary based on intended audience (jargon can not always be avoided).