Level 2 Argumentative Text Assessment
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ScribdTranslationsLANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION TEST LEVEL 2 A TEXTS
ARGUMENTATIVE.
NOMBRE: FECHA: NOTE:
PUNTAJE TOTAL: 67 puntos PUNTAJE CORTE: 40 SCORE ACHIEVED:
points
I- Respond as thoroughly as possible. (2 points each)
1- What is the purpose of argumentative texts? Explain.
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2- Explain the difference between convincing and persuading.
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3- According to text number 1. State two reasons why it is important.
to know and effectively manage argumentative discourse.
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4- You name the parts of how an argumentative text is structured.
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5- Explain whether the following is to convince or to persuade.
Wars are bad because they bring about economic disaster,
social and political in addition to structural damage
b) "Wars are bad because people suffer, the elderly suffer"
they despair, mothers lose their beloved children and the children do not
they can suffer that pain
II- Read the following texts and then respond. (4 points)
Currently, women are still at a disadvantage compared to men.
This is based on the fact that 98% of the wealth of the earth is in the hands
of men and 80% of the poorest people are women.
Consequently, the economic condition of women is very precarious.
comparison with which men are evidenced.
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2-Arguments_____________________________________________________________
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3-He text read search convince o
to persuade
4-The arguments presented in the text are based on:
a) Generalizations b) data and facts c) Authority d) cause
and effect
2- Complete the text with the following words. (5 POINTS)
COUNTERARGUMENT-THESIS-CONCLUSION-ARGUMENT.
Now, smoking in open spaces could mean avoiding the
problem of passive smokers; this way each one would take responsibility for
how much does he/she smoke.
However, many young people start smoking by imitation, in such a way
that even when smoking is allowed only in open spaces, this
it would not prevent the problem of the large number of smokers in Chile.
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The abuse of tobacco is a major problem that needs to be eradicated from our
country.
3- Read carefully and then respond.
Family courts.
Mr. Director:
Why are family courts overwhelmed? My belief is that, more than
technical and resource issues of the public authority that manage them, the most reason for
Background of the long lines that are seen daily is the difficult moment that is being experienced by the
family in Chile. In one way or another, our country is paying the price of the
systematic promotion of policies that make it less likely to maintain a couple
established between a man and a woman, within the framework of values of fidelity, respect, and love
true.
Just as history has shown it with blood in other areas, when those who preside
societies obsess and fixate on reinforcing the construction of a community by
margin of God, man turns against man; well, on the family level, this
translated into abandoned women, parents indifferent to their responsibilities and children
who suffer the consequences of it all. The cries of those mothers scream for the authority
develop a 'pro-family' agenda that encourages and promotes traditional values of
great family institution that shapes our future generations.
Enrique van Rysselberghe Herrera
a) What is the thesis proposed by the speaker of the speech?
a) The collapse of family courts is due to the values crisis they are experiencing.
our society.
b) The collapse of the family courts is due to the incompetence of the system.
c) The collapse of family courts is due to the fact that people are distant from God.
b) Which of the following arguments is persuasive?
a) Societies are stubborn and obsessed with reinforcing the construction of a
community on the margins of God
b) Parents neglect their responsibilities.
c) The man, distancing himself from God, turns against himself, which leads to weeping.
abandoned women and orphaned children.
c) Which of the following counterarguments is valid?
Mr. Enrique Van Ryseelberghe is from Opus Dei, the ultraconservative branch of
Catholicism.
b) As today's society has developed, family crises are inevitable.
it even exploded in ultra-Catholic societies like the Spanish one, we have to face that
reality.
c) The Chilean right and its conservative nature have always wanted to have control over
the freedom of the people because arguments like those of Mr. Van Ryseelberghe lose
validity.
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Backup _____________________________________
III- Indicate whether the following arguments are based on.
Data - facts - authority - generalizations - feelings - analogy
Pollution harms health, which can be supported by the fact that
In polluted cities, diseases have increased.
respiratory.
There is a relationship between the increase in particle concentration.
contaminants and the number of respiratory diseases and deaths
supported by the following data: Every time the concentration of
particles increase by ten micrograms per cubic meter of air, the
the number of deaths from heart attacks increases by 1.4% and the
cases of respiratory diseases, such as bronchitis, at 3.4%.
Asthma attack cases rise by 3%.
The human brain has the ability to anticipate danger.
Scientists from the University of Washington have confirmed that a
ability to read keys in the environment, those that for
others may be imperceptible, it would be the one that allows some
people intuit what is going to happen. Experts identified an area
of the brain that acts as an early warning system; this
system, according to them, would have been the reason, for example, that
Asian aborigines followed the animals that escaped from the tsunami
in December 2004.
It has been proven that the destruction of the ozone layer occurs
due to the release of some gases, such as carbon monoxide, the
carbon dioxide and the chlorofluorocarbons used in
aerosols, solvents, and cooling circuits of the
refrigerators
5- For some time now, some leaders of the clubs
The First Division has complained that our country lacks the
good national creation flyers, due to the fact that it has been in
increase the hiring of flyers
foreigners.
It is well known that young people have a vivid imagination and are
creative, which contrasts with the rigidity of thought of adults
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elderly.
As we well know, drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce.
world; however, on many occasions - when we bathe,
when we water the gardens or in other daily actions -
we waste large amounts of water that could perfectly
satisfy the needs of entire families on the continent
African.
All people who work night shifts present deficits.
of vitamin D. Amelia works at night, she must take a supplement
vitaminic
IV- Paired terms. Relate the concepts of the first
column placing the corresponding number in the second
column. (1 point each)
1 THESIS. It turns out to be a type of fishing so aggressive for nature that the ways of
life cannot reproduce
2 ARGUMENT Bottom trawling causes devastating and irreparable ecological damage.
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3 ARGUMENT Trawling could end marine resources if it is not
O prohibited in the short term
4 CONCLUSION It is a procedure that involves sweeping away all living organisms.
N of an ecosystem, through gigantic nets
1 OMS, Testimony of a person with cancer, expert doctor in Guarantee
skin cancer
It is harmful to health Thesis
3 The solarium should be illegal Backup
Causes skin damage, such as premature aging. It can Bases
cause skin cancer.
N TYPE OF DEFINITION
° ARGUMENTS
1 Data and facts From similar and specific situations, it is concluded in a
general statement.
2 authority Presents information that rests on demonstrable situations or
in statistical data.
3 analogy They use resources that aim to move the receiver by incorporating
affective - emotional elements.
4 generalizations These arguments often make use of the name of
prestigious individuals or institutions
5 sentimientos He intends to verify a thesis by reasoning that the existence of a
cause produces a certain effect.
6 Cause and effect A similarity is established between two concepts, beings, or things.
different and it is deduced that what is valid for one is valid for
the other.
IN DEFINITION PART OF THE TEXT
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1 It is usually a brief exposition in which the arguer Thesis
tries to capture the recipient's attention and awaken in them
a favorable attitude. The thesis goes in the introduction, which is the
arguments and serve to support the thesis or refute it.
4 solid arguments that support the foundation Backup
It is the opinion or idea to defend. Development
6 It is the final part and contains a summary of what has been presented (the thesis
Guarantee
and the main arguments).
7 Reliable sources of information that prove the Conclusion
guarantees
N Concept Definition
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1 drowned Extraordinary and surprising things
2 taboo Angry sadness or disgust for the welfare of others or for affection
that others enjoy.
3 prejudice Flooded with water or another liquid.
4 phenomena Contempt and indifference
5 Death Inclination, love for a person, activity, or thing.
6 caps death
7 hobby Gradual decrease of quality or characteristic of something
8 Envy Everything that is prohibited to do or say by
social or religious conventions.
9 degradation Judgment or generally negative opinion formed without
reason and in advance.
Contempt Ice surface of the poles
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