Outcomes
Readings
Analysis
MLA
100

This outcome advocates for students to "focus on a purpose appropriate to the writer’s rhetorical situation" 

What is rhetorical awareness? 

100

I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English."

What is Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"? 

100

This appeal analyzes a text based on the emotions the author used in their writing

What is pathos? 

100

This type of citation usually is formatted like: 

King, Martin Luther, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 212, no. 2, 1963, pp. 78-88

What is an MLA citation? 

200

This outcome advocates for students to "organize ideas, claims, and support according to audience and purpose" 

What is the composing process? 

200

"In these negotiating sessions certain promises were made by the merchants, such as the promise to remove the humiliating racial signs from the stores."

What is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"? 

200

This appeal analyzes a text based on the facts and statistics given.

What is logos? 

200

This type of citation usually looks like: "Quote" (Brandy 56).

What is an in-text citation? 

300

This outcome advocates for students to "develop academic integrity by accurately summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, and citing a variety of texts and perspectives" 

What is information literacy? 

300

"Because teens grew up in a world in which the internet has always existed, many adults assume that youth automatically understand new technologies."

What is danah boyd's "Are Today's Youth Digital Natives"?

300

A process to better understand text through looking deeply into the way the words are phrased, who is writing it, who is reading it, and the general context around it.

What is rhetorical analysis? 

300

This type of indent is usually found in the works cited page 

What is a hanging indent? 

400

This outcome advocates for students to "integrate personal authority within a larger conversation."

What is critical thinking? 

400

"Nonetheless, white standards of English persist, supreme and unquestioned, in these United States. Despite our multi-lingual population, and despite the deepening Black and white cleavage within that conglomerate, white standards control our official and popular judgments of verbal proficiency and correct, or incorrect, language skills, including speech."

What is June Jordan's "Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan"?

400

This approach looks at the audience, purpose, and author's background when understanding a text. 

What is the rhetorical context? 

400

This type of header is usually found at the top left of papers 

What is name, the teacher name, the class name, and the date? 

500

This outcome advocates for students to "recognize the relationships among language, knowledge, and power in texts and research" 

What is critical thinking? 

500

"The high electricity demand and water consumption required to train and operate LLMs incur substantial greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to environmental degradation."

What is Anandita Sabherwal's "Gen. AI can influence climate beliefs and actions"?

500

This appeal analyzes a text based on the timeliness of which it was released

What is kairos? 

500

The full name for the acronym "MLA"

What is the Modern Language Association?

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