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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. In Chapter 2, "The Ecology of the Nonfiction Biosphere," where does Foster say editorial content can usually be found in the newspaper?
2. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," Foster talks about the change in value over time of a reporter's eyewitness testimony. What does Foster call this change in value?
3. In Chapter 4, "The Parts You Don't Read," what is a piece of information that Foster says we can infer from the notes?
4. According to "The Building Blocks of Arguments," what is the implicit argument of most nonfiction writing?
5. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what type of writing does Foster say relies heavily on eyewitness testimony?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what problem does Foster identify with creating a point of view for All the President's Men, and how do Woodward and Bernstein solve it?
3. 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?
4. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say is the consequence of a "land without gatekeepers" (68)?
5. In Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," what are the two main functions of the prologue that Foster discusses?
6. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," what does Foster seem to admire about the Lansing State Journal's coverage of the Nassar scandal?
7. 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?
8. In Chapter 1, "The Structure of Nonfiction Information," why does Foster call the organization of The Boys in the Boat "kaleidoscopic" (14)?
9. In Chapter 8, "Bringing the News," why does Foster say that All the President's Men is "meta-journalism"?
10. In Chapter 6, "Source Code," what does Foster say that "expertise" is and is not?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Based on the language and tone of Foster's book, who is his imagined audience? Is this audience consistent throughout the book? Give specific textual examples as you analyze how Foster's language and tone reveal the presumed audience for this book.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 6, "Source Code," Foster suggests that as microfiche research is time-consuming and frustrating, writers should use secondary sources such as biographies. Offer an evaluation of this argument. Be sure to consider the assumptions Foster is making about both primary and secondary sources and the applicability of his suggestion to nonfiction in fields outside of history--such as science, sociology, the arts, politics, and so on.
Essay Topic 3
Choose a piece of nonfiction--a book or longform article--and write a foreward for the work. Your foreward should offer context and key ideas that will guide readers more successfully through the work. Cite in MLA format any sources you use in creating your foreward.
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