NOTE: DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THIS PAPER Questions:

7.To whom is the author biased for or against?

EXERCISE # 4 _____________________________________________
8. What are the negative connotative words used by
I. Direction: Read the paragraphs/sentences and answer the the author that show bias? __________________________
questions that follow: 9. What are the positive connotative words used by
the author that show bias? __________________________
1. My son's girlfriend is very rude. She calls so late at night--
sometimes as late as 9:00 at night! Last week she called me B. Parents always talk about how if schools had
“ate” so disrespectful! --I quickly corrected her. Today she uniforms, everything would be so much easier. You wouldn’t
came over for lunch and brought Graham Cake--without even get caught up on looks and would learn the skills you need.
asking if it was okay. What if I had already made a Graham Fewer students would-be victims of bullying or teasing, which
Cake? would increase their self-esteem. I think that school uniforms
1. To whom is the author biased against? would put a restriction on our creativity. We dress the way we
______________________________________________ do for a certain reason. Clothes give us expression and the
2. Which words show the author's bias? ability to use color and patterns. If we all wear the same thing
______________________________________________ - a bland, ugly uniform - we don’t get to see what people are
2. In the long history of the United States, there never was a like on the inside. Clothes don’t distract us from learning; they
black president, if Obama is elected, he would be the first simply let us inspire our imaginations, and that can be a huge
Negro in the White House. boost to one's confidence.
3. To whom is the author biased against? Questions:
______________________________________________ 10. To whom the author is biased against/for?
4. Which words show the author's bias? ______________________________________________
______________________________________________ 11. What are the connotative words used by the
3. Since the resignation of the assistant CEO of the company author that show bias?
last week, Mark Mercado, a manager, and Linda Deleon, a ______________________________________________
supervisor, and mother of two, are vying for the position. 12. Which of the following did you recognize in the
5.To whom is the author biased against? paragraph? (loaded words, stereotypes, vague language or
______________________________________________ generalizations, one-sided arguments, personal opinions)
6. Which words show the author's bias? ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
C. New cars are not built as well as they used to be.
II. Owners of new cars in 2002 have more complaints about their
automobiles than in past years. The recalling of new cars by
A. (This paragraph examines the effects of beauty on their makers is becoming a routine practice in America.
people's (particularly women's lives.) Instead of insisting upon safe, well-designed products,
Men's looks matter to heterosexual women only carmakers seem more concerned with throwing together
somewhat. Most women prefer men who are taller than they shoddy automobiles and making a profit. Invariably, new cars
are, with symmetrical features (a sign that a potential partner need parts replaced almost as soon as the warranty expires.
is healthy and parasite-free). But, women across cultures are Unfortunately, people need transportation, so they continue
intent on finding male partners with high status, power, and to buy new automobiles.
access to resources which means a short guy can add maybe a
foot to his height with a private jet. And, just like women who Questions:
aren't very attractive, men who make very little money or are 13. To whom the author is biased against/for?
chronically out of work tend to have a really hard time finding ______________________________________________
partners. There is some male grumbling about this. Yet, while 14. What are the connotative words used by the
feminist journalists deforest North America publishing articles author that show bias?
urging women to bow out of the beauty arms race and "Learn ______________________________________________
to love that woman in the mirror!", nobody gets into the 15. Write the loaded words, stereotypes, vague
ridiculous position of advising men to "Learn to love that language or generalizations, one-sided arguments, personal
unemployed guy sprawled on the couch!" opinions that you recognize in the paragraph.
Now, before you brand me a traitor to my gender, let ____________________________________________
me say that I'm all for women having the vote, and I think a
woman with a mustache should make the same money like a
man with a mustache. But you don't help that woman by
advising her, "No need to wax that lip fringe or work off that
beer belly!" (Because the road to female empowerment
is...looking just like a hairy old man?)