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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which form discussed in Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," is generally not written by the author of the main piece of writing?
2. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what are the "grounds" of a argument?
3. The section of this book called "What's Going on Around Here?" is what part of the book?
4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what consequence does Foster say the rise of the internet has had?
5. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," what does Foster give as the basic meaning of "preface," "prologue," and "foreward"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why, in Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," does Foster say that it is both good and bad news that all communication has a "grammar"?
2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is the consequence of a "land without gatekeepers" (68)?
3. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," Foster discusses tables of contents and indexes. What is similar about these two things and what is different?
4. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," Foster explains the origin of the prologue. What is its origin and how is that origin reflected in today's prologues?
5. In Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," what are the ways that Foster suggests chronological order can be modified, and why would a writer choose to do this?
6. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," why does Foster say that focus and telos can change if the structure of a work is changed?
7. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," what does Foster say is the purpose of his reader being asked to think like a writer, and what is one example of how this works?
8. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say about biographies and the length of time that has passed since the lives of their subjects?
9. In Chapter 5, "It May Just Be Me, But..." how does Foster suggest that a reader can examine the author's use of quotes to determine bias?
10. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what does Foster seem to admire about the Lansing State Journal's coverage of the Nassar scandal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
On page 89 of Chapter 7, "All in How You Look at Things," Foster makes the claim that "there are comparatively few books written that own nothing to the passage of time" (89). Explain his meaning here and then use factual evidence to evaluate the strength of his claim.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," Foster says that titles are important guideposts to meaning. Evaluate the effectiveness of the chapter titles that Foster has chosen for this book.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 7, "It's All in How You Look at Things," Foster explains the history of the term "Fake News." Explain the evolution of this term, being sure to mention people who were important to its evolution and giving clear examples of media called "fake news" at each step of the process.
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