Classificationes de Litteratura

Course Information

• Course title: Biases (for or against) Made By The Author
• Course code: GO8-ENG-LO11
• Revision: O, updated on November 18, 2023
• Website: www.richmindale.com/standards/forms
• Institution: Richmindale College LLC, USA

Learning Outcomes (GO8-ENG-LO11)

• Recognize instances of bias
• Investigate bias within different written materials

Bias Definition

• To determine if an author is trustworthy, assess if they have strong personal opinions that influence their thoughts and actions (positive or negative).
• Bias in writing occurs when personal opinions affect an author's objectivity about a topic.

Signs of Bias

• The writer dislikes the subject matter
• The writer admires the subject matter
• The writer's feelings or emotions interfere with objectivity
• Use of strong, negative language (e.g., racial insults)
• Presentation of only one side of a story, omitting counterarguments
• Fabricating or using false information

More Signs of Bias

• Lack of factual evidence
• Attempting to deceive the reader
• Strong emotional investment in the presented viewpoint
• The writer's personal experiences affecting their perspectives

Additional Signs of Bias (continued)

• Author leaving out facts to influence the reader's opinion
• Changing facts to manipulate the reader's perspective

Additional Information

• Bias in texts, including opinions, ads, religious writings, and political viewpoints
• Important to critically analyze sources for bias when conducting research

Learning Outcomes (Various Social, Moral, and Economic Issues - GO8-ENG-LO13)

• Recognize diverse social, ethical, and economic concerns addressed within the content.
• Assess the origins and consequences of these issues
• Share perspectives on social, ethical, and economic matters within a listened-to text.
• Propose remedies for social problems
• Connect personal experiences to the discussed issues

What is an Issue?

• Recognize diverse social, ethical, and economic concerns in audio content.
• Analyze the origins and consequences of these issues.
• Share viewpoints on social, ethical, and economical issues presented in a listened text
• Suggest viable remedies for outlined social issues.
• Relate personal experiences to the subjects under discussion.

Social Problems

• Problems that negatively affect society's functioning
• Conditions that are generally concerning to the community
• Impacting significant portions of the population
• Problems that can be addressed through collective effort

Moral Issues

• Circumstances or behaviors that contradict commonly accepted norms and beliefs within a social environment.
• These issues exist when values, beliefs, and choices of a community are challenged
• Behaviors may conflict with societal standards or harm individuals
• Examples of moral issues include corruption, religious freedom, and social justice.

Economic Issues

• Conditions where available resources are insufficient to fulfill human needs and wants.
• Economic problems include inflation, which increases the cost of services; employment, leading to decreased work opportunities; and scarcity, which relates to insufficient resources.
• Poverty can be caused by limited access to education, cultural or religious bias, over-population, and corruption

Learning Outcomes (Intentions of Words or Expressions Used in Propaganda Techniques - GO8-ENG-LO12)

• Recognize different propaganda methods
• Evaluate how words and phrases are tools for propaganda
• Understand the significance of understanding propaganda's purpose
• Analyze how propaganda strategies are used and the reasoning behind the language used

Propaganda Techniques

• Card Stacking: Exaggerating positive aspects and concealing negatives of a product/idea
• Name-calling: Using words to evoke negative feelings toward an idea or person
• Plain Folks: Using ordinary people to promote a product/idea
• Glittering Generalities: Using appealing concepts and virtuous words to promote something
• Soft Soap: Giving exaggerated praise or insincere compliments to win favor from the audience
• Bandwagon: Persuading someone to adopt an ideal/action because many others are doing it
• Testimonial: Having an esteemed/capable individual endorse a product/idea
• Transfer: Associating qualities of one thing to another to persuade a certain viewpoint
• Simplification: Simplifying complex issues into easily memorable slogans/images
• Loaded Words: Using emotionally charged words or stereotypes to impact an audience.

Learning Outcomes (Literature of Diverse Backgrounds - GO8-ENG-LO14)

• Explain literature's nature and components.
• Analyze the parts of particular literary pieces.
• Compare customs in different literary works.
• Write an essay showcasing the commonalities in literature.

Literature Definition

• Includes written materials like poems, stories and essays that illustrate a culture.
• Originated from Latin terms "litaritura" or "litteratura;" meaning "writing made with letters."
• Categorized into fiction and non-fiction.

Fiction

• Born from a writer's imagination, using real or fabricated events.
• Makes use of vivid details to resonate with, and motivate the reader's emotions.
• Examples include fantasy, science fiction, horror/thriller, and relationship/romance writing

Nonfiction

• Rooted in reality; focusing on true individuals, places, and situations.
• Includes biographies, autobiographies, interviews, memoirs, and journalistic accounts

Parts of a Story

• Setting: Time and location of a story.
• Plot: Connected sequence of events with cause-and-effect relationships.
• Character: Individuals, objects, animals or fantastical beings in a story, including protagonist (main character) and antagonist (the opposing character).
• Conflict: Challenges faced by the characters
• Point of View: Vantage or viewpoint from which the story unfolds (e.g., first person or third person)
• Theme: The core concept or message of the narrative

Cohesive Devices in Various Types of Speech (GO8-ENG-LO15)

• Cohesive devices help connect thoughts and ideas in a passage to improve clarity and comprehension.
• Methods of cohesion include repeating words or concepts, using synonyms, and utilizing pronouns.

Cohesion in Writing/Use of Conjunctions

• Improve reader understanding of connections between sentences, clauses and paragraphs
• Commonly used cohesive elements include conjunctions, adverbs, and pronouns that illustrate connections between sentences and paragraphs.

Different Types of Speeches

• Informative: Delivers valuable info and data to an audience.
• Demonstrative: Displays practical skills and sets of knowledge to the audience.
• Persuasive: Changes the beliefs/behavior or motivations of the audience/convinces them to change actions.
• Narrative: Tells stories; can be rooted in personal experiences.

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