A Note About Annotations
Rhetorical Analysis 101
I Need An Opinion
Five Elements of Good Academic Writing
A Research Paper Divided
100

These ideal locations of an annotation is on the left or right side of the text in an article.

What are "margins"?

100

This aspect of a rhetorical analysis focuses on the expertise of an author through "ethics".

What is "ethos"?

100

This is the opposite of an "opinion", something that can be proven with statistics and data.

What is a "fact"?

100

This refers to the "intention" of the writing.

What is "purpose"?

100

This is the first part of the introduction to help the audience feel interested in reading the paper. It can be a question, quote, statistic or short story.

What is a "hook"?

200

This project consists of notes in full sentences that are listed after references in a research paper.

What is an "annotated bibliography"?

200

This aspect of a rhetorical analysis focuses on "logic" to appeal to the audience.

What is "logos"?

200

This island European country in the Mediterranean was known for experimenting with free public transport for local residents, but was not the first country to do so.

What is "Malta"?

200

This collective noun refers to the "readers" of your writing and whom you are writing for.

What is "audience"?

200

Unlike an annotated bibliography, this section of the research paper is supposed to describe various sources and "juxtapose" them or "put them near each other" for explanation.

What is the "literature review"?

300

From "A" to "Z", this is the style of listing authors by last name in a reference list.

What is "alphabetical order" or "alphabetically"?

300

This aspect of a rhetorical analysis focuses on the feelings of the audience to make an appeal.

What is "pathos"?

300

This tiny landlocked European country was the first to offer free public transportation to both residents and tourists starting in 2020, but in the end, most residents who own cars are still driving them around town.

What is "Luxembourg"?

300

One of the three C's, it refers to how "clear" something is in your writing.

What is "clarity"?

300

This section of the research paper includes a lot of "evaluation" of sources and "synthesizes" them by putting them together for comparison and differentiation. The limitations of any studies and findings might also be mentioned.

What is a "discussion"?

400

Harris (2017) wrote a chapter with this phrase, meaning that you should create your own view of the text where vocabulary takes a unique meaning. "Don Quixote" was a sample literature story featured in it.

What is "coming to terms"?

400

This aspect of "rhetorical analysis" focuses on the "timeliness" of an argument and advocates for a "call to action".

What is "kairos"?

400

The type of argument chosen to express an opinion shows where the author "stands" on an issue.

What is "stance"?

400

This refers to how things fit together as a whole from start to finish. It is a synonym for "unity".

What is "coherence"?

400

This section of a research paper should feature a summary, recommendation, and prediction for future research.

What is the "conclusion"?

500

This style of writing means that a title or vocabulary item of high importance and special meaning is used in the text. 

What is italic font?

500

The four components of a "rhetorical analysis" may also be classified with this vocabulary word beginning with "a"

What are "appeals"?

500

This is something you use to speak and sing with, but in writing, it refers to how readers and audiences recognize you through your words.

What is "voice"?

500

This refers to how sentences are linked together within paragraphs. Transition phrases and signposting are used to make things "smooth" from sentence to sentence.

What is "cohesion"?

500

This section of a research paper between the "title page" and "introduction" provides a summary of the paper and features "keywords" below it for easy reference.

What is an "abstract"?

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