Question 1
A student is given an unseen text and, in the first 30 seconds, notices a byline, a publication date, a headline in bold, and a photograph with a caption. According to the survival kit protocol, what is the primary purpose of this step?No clue? Show me the answer
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Method #1Direct reasoningStep 1: Locate the step
The question describes scanning paratext such as byline, date, headline and caption, which is Step 1 of the protocol.
Step 2: Recall its stated function
Step 1 exists so a reader can infer genre, purpose and audience before engaging with the actual content of the text.
Step 3: Match to options
This matches the option describing gathering clues about genre, purpose and audience prior to close reading.
Step 4: Rule out later steps
Circling evidence and choosing a grid happen later in Steps 4 and 5, not during this initial paratext scan.
Step 5: Confirm
The correct answer is the one describing early inference from surrounding text features, not summary or evidence selection.
Method #2Process of eliminationStep 1: Reject evidence selection
Selecting the three strongest annotations is Step 5, which happens only after full annotation, not at the very start.
Step 2: Reject permanent grid choice
The text type decision made early is described as provisional and revisable, not a final, permanent choice at this stage.
Step 3: Reject full summary
Summarising content requires reading the body text, which has explicitly not happened yet during the paratext scan.
Step 4: Check remaining option
The remaining option about inferring genre, purpose and audience matches exactly what the protocol assigns to this step.
Step 5: Confirm
This option is correct because it reflects the stated goal of scanning paratext before reading.
Question 2
A student is annotating an unseen newspaper opinion piece and notices that every quoted expert supports one side of a debate while opposing views are only briefly mentioned. Which element of the non-fiction grid does this observation most directly address?No clue? Show me the answer
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Method #1Direct reasoningStep 1: Identify the observation
The student notices unequal representation of viewpoints through selective quoting of experts in the article.
Step 2: Recall the grid category
The non-fiction grid defines bias as whose side the language favours, including which voices are amplified or minimised.
Step 3: Connect observation to category
Favouring one side through quote selection is a direct example of language and content favouring a particular perspective.
Step 4: Distinguish from tone and structure
Tone concerns emotional colouring of word choice, and structure concerns paragraph organisation, neither of which matches quote selection.
Step 5: Confirm
Bias is the correct category because it specifically concerns favouring one side through content and voice choices.
Method #2Process of eliminationStep 1: Reject tone
Tone is about the emotional quality created by word choice, not about which viewpoints are included or excluded.
Step 2: Reject structure
Structure concerns how the piece is organised and built, such as argument sequencing, not which experts are quoted.
Step 3: Reject audience
Audience concerns the assumed reader's age and interests, which is unrelated to unequal treatment of opposing views.
Step 4: Confirm remaining fit
Bias remains as the only category concerned with favouring one side, matching the unequal quoting described.
Step 5: Confirm
The correct answer is bias, since it precisely captures favouritism shown through selective quotation.
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