Metadata Analysis
The "what" of writing.
What is The Situation?
"Trust me, I'm a doctor."
What is the Modern Language Association?
"Come to find out" is an example of this type of writing, one we should avoid in academic essays.
What is Colloquial writing?
Translating content "from jargon to layperson" is the job of this individual, who gets paid very well to do so (and is often outsourced).
What is a technical writer?
Of the three types of traditional metadata, this one is widely considered the most important/relevant to how a topic is approached by an author.
What is The Audience?
"Nine out of ten dentists agree."
What is Ethos?
When beginning a draft, before even completing your research, you should have this in hand, which, after research, will eventually become your thesis statement (after some adjustment).
What is a hypothesis?
Contrary to belief, it is easier to write a longer essay on a topic that's smaller rather than larger. We address this problem with the subtractive method, and the problem we address is called this.
What is scope or focus?
When writing a resume or a CV, the first task is to get the document in front of a human reviewer, which means passing an automated check known as this.
What is an ATS (Applicant Tracking System)?
In addition to the logistic metadata, this type of metadata applies to argumentative or persuasive essays and is usually broken into ethos, logos, and pathos.
What is Rhetorical Method or Rhetoric?
"Our cheeseburgers are made with 100% grass-fed beef."
What is Logos?
This is the second rule of research.
What is Consult Many Sources?
This is how many paragraphs your essay should contain (and also how many sentences your paragraphs should contain, and how many words your sentences should contain, and so forth).
What is "as many as you need?"
Reproducing an essay or other assignment for use in multiple classes (without obtaining permission) is a form of plagiarism known as this.
What is self-plagiarism?
This is the definition of "Metadata."
What is information about information?
"Just say no."
What is Pathos?
This element, abbreviated DOI, is used only in APA style guide formatting and none other.
What is The Digital Object Identifier?
When conducting research for an essay, you should have a main source, called this, as well as additional sources called these (both answers required).
What is a primary text and critical texts?
In the Rumsfeld Matrix of knowledge, there are four categories of knowledge value - name all four.
What are Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, Unknown Knowns, and Unknown Unknowns?
After applying metadata to your writing, it can also help to have a properly scoped topic by applying this method.
What is the subtractive method?
"The best thing since sliced bread."
What is Logos?
If there is a gold standard to research quality, it isn't "where the research came from" or "who wrote it," but rather independent verification, otherwise known as this.
What is corroboration?
Titles take a fairly standard form in academic writing, and contain two elements in any order - name both.
What are an eye-catching statement and a summary?
A popular prewriting method involves using System I and thinking for authorship (free writing) and System II thinking for editing (critical work). This method was pioneered by this man.
Who was Daniel Kahneman?