Name: Hannah Faith L. Magluyan.

Date: March 9, 2021

Section: 8-Darwin Subject: English 8
Activity #1 CHECKING FOR BIAS
 Directions: By encircling the correct letter, choose the most appropriate answer

1. My driver is unprofessional. He goes to work late and oftentimes absent. Last month, his
license  expired, but did not want to renew it. I talked to him about it, but he answered me
back. 
The author is biased against ________. A. driver B. assistant C. license D.
employment 

2. Which among the underlined words help show the author’s bias? My driver is
unprofessional. He goes  to work late and oftentimes absent. Last month, his license
expired, but did not want to renew it. I  talked to him about it, but he answered me back. 
A. license B. plain folks C. likes Mustang Convertible D. dangerous

3. An author is writing about Mustang Convertible uses such as performance, speed, fuel-
efficiency, wind,  luxury. What can you infer about the author’s bias? 
 A. dislikes sports car C. Likes Mustang convertibles
B. thinks Mustang are for old people. D. Think Mustangs are dangerous. 

4. What does it mean to show bias?

A. refuse to take a side B. C. testimonial to be angry D. Plain folks (bonus no correct answer)

5. True or False – everybody is biased. 

A. True B. False 

6. True or False: An author has good credibility when you can prove that they have used
valid facts and  materials, and that you can trust their writing. 
A. True B. False 

7. Which statement is NOT an example of author bias? 

A. The best song is Moira’s Paubaya.  C. The #1 song on the Billboard Top
100 this  B. “One Call” is the worst thing week is Mariah Carey. 

8. ______ is the preference or opinion that prevents one from approaching a topic with a
neutral point of  view. 
A. Loaded Language B. Preference C. Credibility D. bias 

9. The degree to which a source is trustworthy and believable. 

A. Loaded Language B. Preference C. Credibility D. bias 
 10. Words or phrases that are used to inspire emotions or influence and audience by
using an appetual A. testimonial B. snob appeal C. bandwagon D. bias
no correct answer, it must be Loaded language

Activity #2 IDENTIFYING BIAS

Directions: Suppose that while researching nutrition, you run across this passage. Vitamin A is
an important nutrient. It is used to make rhodopsin, a pigment in our eyes. Thus, Vitamin A is
necessary for healthy vision. People can develop night blindness if they do not get enough of
it. Carrots are an excellent source of vitamin A. Carrots should be a part of your daily diet. At
first, this paragraph seems to offer good information. Would you be more skeptical if you
learned  that it was written by people who grow carrots commercially? How would  your
opinion change? Explain your answer below. 

My answer/opinion on the passage given:

In my point of view, people really need Vitamin A to have a clear

eyesight, to fight against any infections or disease, and for proper growth
of a child. And yes, carrots can be one of the eye-clarity vegetables that
can be used, but we must always remember that not only carrots but
many others like pumpkins, tomatoes, leafy vegetables, etc. that we can
plant or relieve and share with others, if there are no carrots available in
their area. In the first paragraph we can say that it gives full detailed
information for the readers, but in the second paragraph or part it is
biased. They only use the carrot as an excellent source of Vitamin A,
therefore there are plenty of vegetables that can be an excellent source of
Vitamin A that they can use to grow. Yes the passage is correct but how
about what people will imprint on or to their minds? That only carrot is a
good source for Vitamin A? No, because how about the other types of
veggies that can be also an excellent source of Vitamin A? Only carrots will
seal on their minds even though it is really appropriate and correct. In
conclusion, they can use carrot as an example or product but they must
really conclude even in the latter the other kinds of vegetables, for it will
not be considered as a biased passage or statement and not also biased
for people/readers.
Activity #3 BIAS RATING
Directions: When reading information, think about what possible bias might be distorting  
the facts. You might use a scale such as the following:  

1 almost totally unbiased; highly objective; accurate 

2 mostly unbiased; fairly reliable  
3 somewhat biased; accuracy is questionable 
4 fairly biased; distorted; probably unreliable 
5 totally biased; highly subjective; inaccurate 

As you read the paragraph, determine the kind of bias being used. Complete  
the table by writing the word or phrase that correspond to word choice, names  
and title, placement and size, selection and omission, and images and video. 
Below, rate the bias the author made by the author and explain your answer. 
(25 points) 

When I met with Mayor Geovelli, I noticed that he had the appearance of a hobo. He
was  unshaved and wearing dirty clothes. Maybe there was a good reason. He spoke to
me about his horrible  plan to fix our city’s roads. Anyone who knows the plan will tell
you that it will bankrupt our city. The  plan to fix our roads mostly benefits friends of
the Mayor. He plans to pay his buddies in the construction  business thousands of
dollars over the next two years. I do not want to insult anyone, but the Mayor is of 
Italian decent, and we all know what reputation they have in this part of the country.
Need I remind you  of Al Capone and other Italian Mafia members? 

LOADED   STEREOTYPES VAGUE LANGUAGE  AND   ONE-SIDED  

WORDS  GENERALIZATIONS ARGUMENTS

BIAS RATING:
Activity #4 Closure: 
Directions: On the notebook below, reflect and comment on the quotation by Confucius,  
“A gentleman can see a question from all the sides without bias. The small  
man is biased and can see a question only from one side.”

My reflection: