A speech.
What is Situation?
The three components of a proper thesis statement are these. (must include all three)
What is orientation, position, and proof?
When you want to convince someone of something, you're writing in this genre.
What is persuasive/argumentative?
This is the second rule of research.
What is "consult many sources."
What is an ampersand?
To compare and contrast.
What is Purpose?
This source component of MLA is asked-for within Works Cited pages by some editors but not all; you should NOT include it in your citations in this class.
What is the URL?
When you want to tell a story to no greater effect than entertainment, you're likely in this genre.
What is narrative?
The research process is founded on the Socratic method, otherwise known as this.
What is the scientific method?
This symbol is often referred to as a "hurricane" is usually found in legal texts.
What is the silcrow? (AKA "double-S" or "Section sign")
"Clinically proven"
What is Ethos?
In a complex or compound sentence, when the clauses are joined with a comma but without a coordinating conjunction, it's called this.
What is a comma splice?
When you compare or contrast two or more items, you're likely writing in this genre.
What is evaluative?
This method of "ballparking your answer" is valuable in cutting-edge research, investigative research, and other applications where the answer is needed quickly and can't be ascertained through direct sources.
What is Fermi estimation?
This symbol is used by proofreaders to denote the need for a new paragraph - and no, it's not called the "new paragraph symbol."
What is a pilcrow?
"Just do it."
What is Pathos?
Reducing the scope and focus of an essay is essential to writing well; we call this technique by this name.
What is subtractive method?
This is the most common genre type amongst all writing.
What is narrative?
The most important facet of research - also the thing that makes research trustworthy - is "independent ___."
What is corroboration?
This symbol means "pound," "number," or "keyword," and looks like this: # (HINT: it is NOT called a hashtag)
What is an octothorpe?
"Pepperidge Farm Remembers."
What is Pathos?
This unit of writing measurement contains a single idea and is longer than a sentence and shorter than an essay.
What is a paragraph?
This is the genre of the US Constitution.
What is informative?
An academic that submits the same research to two different journals has committed this type of error.
What is self-plagiarism?
This symbol in unique in that it is on every keyboard yet has absolutely no grammatically acceptable or correct usage.
What is the backslash? \