GCU ENGLISH 105 Final Exam
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Active Inquiry - Answer The process of developing a strong research agenda driven by the
writer's interests, the need to solve real-world problems or controversies, and the needs of
stakeholders with differing backgrounds.
Arguments - Answer Giving a reason in order to persuade someone.
Audience - Answer The intended viewers or listeners of a text. Writers need to understand a
text's audience in order to compose the text in a way that meets the audience's needs and
expectations.
Bias - Answer When a writer allows his or her personal opinions to cloud the arguments.
Blog - Answer An online form of commentary that sometimes uses colloquial or informal
language. The subjects and length of blogs vary.
Body Paragraphs - Answer The paragraphs that occur after the introductory paragraph and
before the concluding paragraph in essays.
Close Reading - Answer Active, careful reading of a passage or passages of a text. It includes
reading that examines the fine details of a text. There are three kinds of close reading: (1)
reading done before a text is read, or pre reading, (2) reading done while a text is read, and (3)
reading done after a text is read, or post reading.
Commentary - Answer An opinion piece, either written, verbal, or visual, that expresses the
beliefs of the author. It is standard for commentators to write about current trends.
Commentator - Answer A person who focuses on the significance of trends, why the trends
are happening, or the outcome of the trends. Commentators may inspire critical thinking on the
part of the reader.
, Conventions - Answer Expectations or customs that writers follow. Conventions include
everything from text formatting to grammar to documenting sources to genre expectations such
as paragraphing and text structure.
Credibility - Answer The credibility of a source depends largely on whether an audience will
accept the source as authoritative or truthful. Although different audiences may assign different
degrees of credibility to the same source, sources typically achieve credibility through the
expertise or political views of their authors, their perceived amount of bias, and their use of
acceptable evidence
Criterion - Answer (plural: criteria) A standard upon which a judgment may be decided.
Criteria assist in evaluations by giving the viewer guidelines by which to determine if the
material is of value.
Deliberative Rhetoric - Answer Speeches take place in a public assembly. The speaker advises
the audience or warns them against an idea or practice. The audience is asked to decide
whether something will be good or bad for the public
Delivery (actio) - Answer Utilizing appropriate voice, tone, and gestures to communicate ideas.
Dialectic - Answer The strategies of argumentation used by a speaker to resolve conflict and
establish truth.
Editing - Answer The act of reading written material that has been revised and correcting
conventions related to grammar and mechanics.
Editorial - Answer An opinion piece written by a commentator affiliated with the periodical
that publishes the commentary.
Editorial Column - Answer A form of commentary authored by a professional writer whose
opinion piece is featured in a newspaper or magazine on a regular basis.
Epideictic Rhetoric - Answer Speeches that praise or blame someone by describing their
actions as shameful or commendable. This can take place at a celebration,
commemoration/ceremony, or funeral.
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions Rated A+ 2025-2026
Updated.
Active Inquiry - Answer The process of developing a strong research agenda driven by the
writer's interests, the need to solve real-world problems or controversies, and the needs of
stakeholders with differing backgrounds.
Arguments - Answer Giving a reason in order to persuade someone.
Audience - Answer The intended viewers or listeners of a text. Writers need to understand a
text's audience in order to compose the text in a way that meets the audience's needs and
expectations.
Bias - Answer When a writer allows his or her personal opinions to cloud the arguments.
Blog - Answer An online form of commentary that sometimes uses colloquial or informal
language. The subjects and length of blogs vary.
Body Paragraphs - Answer The paragraphs that occur after the introductory paragraph and
before the concluding paragraph in essays.
Close Reading - Answer Active, careful reading of a passage or passages of a text. It includes
reading that examines the fine details of a text. There are three kinds of close reading: (1)
reading done before a text is read, or pre reading, (2) reading done while a text is read, and (3)
reading done after a text is read, or post reading.
Commentary - Answer An opinion piece, either written, verbal, or visual, that expresses the
beliefs of the author. It is standard for commentators to write about current trends.
Commentator - Answer A person who focuses on the significance of trends, why the trends
are happening, or the outcome of the trends. Commentators may inspire critical thinking on the
part of the reader.
, Conventions - Answer Expectations or customs that writers follow. Conventions include
everything from text formatting to grammar to documenting sources to genre expectations such
as paragraphing and text structure.
Credibility - Answer The credibility of a source depends largely on whether an audience will
accept the source as authoritative or truthful. Although different audiences may assign different
degrees of credibility to the same source, sources typically achieve credibility through the
expertise or political views of their authors, their perceived amount of bias, and their use of
acceptable evidence
Criterion - Answer (plural: criteria) A standard upon which a judgment may be decided.
Criteria assist in evaluations by giving the viewer guidelines by which to determine if the
material is of value.
Deliberative Rhetoric - Answer Speeches take place in a public assembly. The speaker advises
the audience or warns them against an idea or practice. The audience is asked to decide
whether something will be good or bad for the public
Delivery (actio) - Answer Utilizing appropriate voice, tone, and gestures to communicate ideas.
Dialectic - Answer The strategies of argumentation used by a speaker to resolve conflict and
establish truth.
Editing - Answer The act of reading written material that has been revised and correcting
conventions related to grammar and mechanics.
Editorial - Answer An opinion piece written by a commentator affiliated with the periodical
that publishes the commentary.
Editorial Column - Answer A form of commentary authored by a professional writer whose
opinion piece is featured in a newspaper or magazine on a regular basis.
Epideictic Rhetoric - Answer Speeches that praise or blame someone by describing their
actions as shameful or commendable. This can take place at a celebration,
commemoration/ceremony, or funeral.
