Rhetorical Modes
This mode attempts to explain how something is done.
What is "process analysis"?
This parenthetical citation for an article from the website www.englishmajors.com, titled “English Majors are the Greatest” by an unnamed author, is correct.
(pg. 1)
(“English Majors are the Greatest”)
(unknown)
What is #3: (“English Majors are the Greatest”)?
This can be defined as a logical exchange of personal stances on an issue based on evidence.
What is "argument"?
This is a salacious internet headline intended to get internet users to click on it.
What is "clickbait"?
This sentence uses the pronoun “whom” correctly.
Whom are you?
Whom is it?
To whom do you speak?
Whom likes cold weather?
What is..."To whom do you speak?"
This mode centers on the writer telling a story with a discernible plot.
What is "narration"?
A work cited page
What is an alphabetical list of sources parenthetically cited in research?
These three components are integral to an argument's thesis.
What are topic, claim, and warrants?
This is a fictional narrative disguised as legitimate, factual information.
What is "fake news"?
This revision best restates the sentence "I am the son of the man more" concisely.
I am the man.
I am his son.
I am the man’s son.
That man is my dad.
What is "I am the man’s son."?
This mode is predicated on a writer's use of vivid imagery to involve the reader.
What is "description"?
What is an alphabetical list of all sources consulted during research?
This can be defined as "an error in reasoning".
What is a fallacy?
This is the practice of fact-checking a news headline by searching where else it appears online.
What is "lateral reading"?
This sentence uses a semicolon correctly.
Here are things that annoy Mr. Millar; incorrect semicolon use, misplaced modifiers, and misspellings of “your/you’re”.
If you plan on going to the movie; let me know.
I like pizza; it makes me happy.
None of these is correct.
What is "I like pizza; it makes me happy."?
The purpose of this mode is to attempt to solve a problem, open an audience’s mind, inform opinions, move an audience to action.
What is "argument"?
This parenthetical citation for an article from the website www.englishmajors.com, titled “English Majors are the Greatest,” by Steven Youhoper, is correct.
(Youhoper)
(pg. 1)
(Youhoper, S.)
What is #2: (Youhoper)
This is a reason offered as support for another claim.
What is a premise?
This is a personal bias intended to be reinforced by other sources.
What is "confirmation bias"?
This sentence is written passively.
A statement was made.
Someone made a statement.
3. I made a statement.
4. Make a statement.
What is "A statement was made."?
This mode explores why something happens or happened.
What is "cause and effect"?
(Ludden)
What is the appropriate parenthetical citation for the following article: https://www.npr.org/homelessness-affordable-housing-crisis-rent-assistance
This is an argument in which at least one of its premises is false.
What is an invalid argument?
This is code intended to track and prioritize internet users’ search preferences.
What is an "algorithm"?
This is an acceptable reason to write in passive voice.
What is when a subject is unknown?