Vocabulary
Famous Quotes
Nuts and Bolts
Authors
Theory
100
This "M" words means changing in a way that is more hurtful than helpful
What is maladaptation?
100
"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." Name the article.
What is the First Penguin?
100
It is a statement which can be proven or validated by data or observation.
What is a fact?
100
He taught computer science and video game building. In his Last Lecture, he told us it was o.k. to fail.
Who is Professor Randy Pausch?
100
Describe, Illustrate, Explain
What are expository writing prompts?
200
This "E" word means rapid, dramatic change
What is exponential?
200
"Learning to see slow, gradual processes require slowing down our frenetic pace and paying attention to the subtle as well as the dramatic."
What is The Parable of the Boiled Frog?
200
"The fundamental building block of an essay"
What is a paragraph
200
His work appeared in "The Fifth Discipline" and talked about the errors of the American automobile industry.
Who is Peter Senge?
200
using a word or phrase without giving the source
What is plagiarism?
300
This "E" word means the model or ideal of something. Use: "The law enforcement work in this case was truly ______."
What is exemplary
300
"Higher-level needs drive out actions as lower-level satisfactions shift the power to motivate up the hierarchy."
What is Maslow's Hierarchy?
300
It is the argument against the argument.
What is a counterargument?
300
He co-wrote "On Management"
Who is William Novak?
300
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich" is an example of what Aristotelian concept?
What is logos?
400
This "V" word means to move back and forth between two things without settling
What is to vacillate?
400
"It is the moment when people of courage declare that they will no longer compromise and will no longer accept excuses and will no longer let liberty be bargained away and destroyed by inches."
What is "The Positive Power of No"?
400
APA, CMS, MLA are some examples.
What are the top three style manuals/guides?
400
He is the author of your Academic Writing Handbook
Who is Stephen Bailey?
400
The ability to see in any argument that which is most persuasive
What is rhetoric?
500
This "P" word means of or related to the corpus or human body
What is physiological?
500
"Public discourse about foreign policy tends to be simplistic to the point of caricature."
What is "Small Allies, Big Headaches"?
500
In the sentence: "It means that imperialism is rising in nations." What is "it" an example of?
What is an ambiguous pronoun?
500
They wrote "The Bible" of Academic Writing, Elements of Style.
Who are William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White?
500
What Aristotelian concept is displayed when an author highlights controversy or conveys resonance in their writing?
What is pathos?
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