MLA 1
Rhetorical Devices
MLA 2
Arguments
Logic
100
name 2 situations where you should cite.
What is 1. direct quotes of another 2. paraphrasing another's work.
100
Understatement that the affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. (She’s not ugly= she’s a supermodel)
What is Litotes?
100
Name 4 aspects of formatting a paper in MLA style.
What is 1. 1 inch margins 2. double spaced 3. 12 pt Times New Roman Font 4. Heading (your name, professor name, course, date) 5. Page number 1/2inch top right with last name
100
Name the elements of Toulmin's Argument Model for Causal arguments.
What is 1. Claim 2. grounds 3. Warrant 4. Backing 5. Qualifier 6. Rebuttal 6. meditate and pray
100
Complete the sentence: ___________ does not equal causation.
What is correlation?
200
Name the source: Poe, Marshall. “The Hive.” Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2006: 86-95.ProQuest. Web. 27 Nov. 2008.
What is magazine?
200
Series of three clauses, phrases, or words.
What is tricolon?
200
Correct this citation: If you agree with David Brooks when he says, “If we want to help boys keep up with girls, we have to have an honest discussion about innate differences between sexes” (Mind over Muscle, 23) then you must be prepared to change curriculum.
What is: If you agree with David Brooks when he says, “If we want to help boys keep up with girls, we have to have an honest discussion about innate differences between sexes” then you must be prepared to change curriculum (23).
200
Name five types of arguments (think zombies) Bonus: what's a sixth type?
What is 1. definition 2. proposal 3. cause/effect 4. evaluation 5. fact 6. Humor
200
According to Aristotle, a logical argument includes these two elements:
What is 1. premise 2. conclusion
300
Name five things you should review when evaluating the credibility of a website.
What is 1. Author (authority?) 2. Sponsor (URL .com, .org, .gov) 3. Purpose (to persuade, inform, entertain?) 4. Audience (who is reading?) 5. Currency (how current is the website)
300
A transitional statement that sums up what has been said and what will be said next.
What is metabasis?
300
Explain the reasoning for this citation: We see so many baskets that are not functional. This is likely because “they have not been woven by Abigail Weller-Hall.” (“Impact of Abigail Weller-Hall on Basket Weaving” 6).
What is: 1. When no author listed for a source, use the title of the article in quotes instead)
300
Name 4 elements of a proposal argument
What is 1. problem statement 2. needs statement 3. solution 4. implementation 5. goals/objectives 6. evaluation 7. sustatainability
300
A deductive argument is valid if...
What is A deductive argument is valid if it has a form that would make it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false.
400
name the type of source of this citation: Duvall, John N. “The Way of the Butterfly." Arizona Quarterly 50.3 (1994): 127- 53. Print.
What is journal?
400
Expressing doubt, developing arguments on both sides.
What is aporia?
400
Name the source: Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-8. Print.
What is a magazine?
400
Name 3 devices commonly used in humor arguments.
What is 1. Satire 2. irony 3. hyperbole 4. understatement 5. invective 6. inversion 7. sarcasm
400
Observations: My leaves are falling off my tree There are caterpillars on my tree Pattern: When caterpillars appeared on my tree the leaves started falling off. Hypothesis: The caterpillars are causing the leaves to fall off of my tree.
What is Inductive Reasoning
500
Name the type of source of this citation: Berman, Morris. The Twilight of American Culture. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. Netlibrary. Web. 22 Aug. 2009.
What is book?
500
Juxtaposing opposites for contrast (Many are called, few are chosen)
What is antithesis?
500
Name 3 rules of paraphrasing
What is: 1. don't just change key words. 2. Change sentence structure 3. maintain the meaning of the original.
500
An evaluation claim should do the following:
What is 1. establish criteria 2. defend criteria 3. Match criteria to the subject 4. show evidence of the match.
500
Name TEN logical fallacies
What is 1. scare tactics 2. either/or 3. bandwagon 4. slippery slope 5. false authority 6. dogmatism 7. moral equivalent 8. red herring 9. Strawman 10. Ad Hominem 11. Tu Quoque 12. loaded question 13. Non Sequitur 14. Personal incredulity 15. Hasty generalization 16. Begging the question 17. Equivocation 18. Faulty Analogy 19. False Cause 20. Composition/Division 21. Stacking the Deck 22. Middle Ground 23. Burden of proof
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