Nursing Preparation Study Guide

Nursing Preparation Study Guide Example Read the following sentence, and then answer the question. It is likely that the sale of the building will go through since the interested buyer has paid $25,000 in earnest. Based on the context of the sentence, which of the following definitions of the underlined word applies? a. A seriousness of intention b. A token of an agreement to pay the full amount at a later time c. A display of emotion d. Honesty Choice B is the correct answer. Since the buyer has paid a portion of the full amount already in this case earnest money is a pledge to pay the remaining amount. 1.2.4 Position and Purpose Determining an author’s position and purpose involves figuring out why the text was written and making a judgment based on the information provided in the text. There are four general categories for a text’s purpose, which include: informing an audience, persuasion, entertainment, and expression. • An author may write a text to inform an audience about a specific fact or event. An example of texts with this purpose would be newspaper articles. • Persuasion is another purpose an author may have. An author may want to persuade an audience to a specific point of view. This is also known as persuasive writing. • Authors write texts to entertain readers in certain contexts. Examples of texts written to entertain an audience include fiction novels. • The expression of feelings can also be an author’s purpose. Many poems have been written with this purpose in mind. Example Determine the author’s purpose in writing the following item. A section in a history textbook which describes the conditions and causes for the Great Depression in the Midwest during the 1930s. a. Inform an audience b. Persuasion c. Entertainment d. Expression

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