Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions; also see the revision notes.
Understanding
- ☐ I can define exigence and purpose in my own words and give the test sentence for each. (Guide: “Two questions that look alike”)
- ☐ I can explain why exigence looks back and purpose looks forward. (Guide: “Two questions that look alike”; practice question 7)
- ☐ I can explain what makes a purpose strong or weak. (Guide: “Purpose: use a verb and a target”; practice question 2)
Skills
- ☐ I can identify an exigence that is stated outright. (Practice questions 1 and 3)
- ☐ I can infer an exigence that is only implied, and point to the clue. (Guide: “Kinds of exigence”; practice question 5)
- ☐ I can write a purpose with a verb and a target audience. (Guide: Worked example 1; practice question 6)
- ☐ I can identify a primary and a secondary purpose. (Guide: Worked example 2; practice questions 4 and 6)
Reasoning
- ☐ I can explain how an occasion becomes an exigence that sharpens an argument. (Guide: Douglass example; practice question 8)
- ☐ I can correct a response that has swapped exigence and purpose. (Practice question 7)
- ☐ I can trace how an exigence leads to a purpose and then to a writer’s choices. (Guide: “How exigence leads to purpose”; Worked example 2)