Rhetoric
APA Citations
Punctuation
Media Vocabulary
Concise Wording
100
The receiver of a text's purpose.
What is the audience?
100
The first piece of information to be included in most References page entries (when it exists) according to APA style.
What is the author's last name?
100
The single piece of punctuation that would make the following sentence grammatically correct:
I saw her walking around looking lost so I asked her if she needed directions.
What is a comma?
100
The shot composition below:
The Matrix (1999)
What is a medium shot?
100
The only piece of additional information in the second sentence below:
The cookies are in the oven. The cookies are chocolate chip.
What is chocolate chip?
OR
What is type of cookie?
200
Something a text wants the audience to think, feel, or do.
What is a purpose?
200
The element necessary to include when referencing sources within the body of an essay.
What is an in-text citation?
200
The single piece of punctuation that would make the following sentence grammatically correct:
I saw her walking around campus she looked lost.
What is a semicolon?
200
The typical purpose of the shot composition below:
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Jurassic Park (1993)
What is to emphasize the subjects' relationship to their environment?
200
The sketchiest preposition indicating possession.
Who is of?
300
A term for categories of writing, film, etc. that create expectations in the audience.
-Memoir is an example of this for writing.
-Horror is an example of this for film.
What is genre?
300
The method in which References entries are organized on the References page.
What is alphabetically by first item that appears?
300
The single piece of punctuation that would make the following quote grammatically correct:
Hawgood (2022) compares Bobby's and his father's experiences when he writes "Bobby’s father can, in some ways, relate. 'When I was younger, I remember seeing the men’s fashion magazines and seeing the jacked, buff guys on there and wanted to look like them,' he said. 'It took me a while to realize that those men’s bodies were most likely unattainable.'"
What is a comma?
OR
What is a colon?
300
The angle and shot composition below:
Bonus: The type of lighting
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Night of the Living Dead (1969)
What is a high-angle, wide shot?
300
The actor of this sentence:
The dog was bitten by the girl.
What is girl?
400
A purpose for this book cover:
What is [something the viewer thinks, feels, or does]?
400
The piece of information missing from this References entry:
Harvard University. Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoWTYfxMs
What is the date?
400
A comma and conjunction or a semicolon can separate two of this type of clause.
What is an independent clause?
400
The angle and shot composition below:
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Casino Royale (2006)
What is a low-angle, close-up shot?
400
The situation in which passive voice may be more appropriate than active voice.
What is to be tactful?
OR
What is to not assign blame?
500
The intended audience for this billboard:
What is [a specific group of people who are likely to receive a purpose from the billboard]?
500
The piece of information missing from this References entry:
Briefel, A. (2008). Monsters and critics. 61(3), 92–93. https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2008.61.3.92
What is the journal's name?
500
The number of clauses in the sentence below:
When I saw her walking around looking lost, I thought about giving her directions but decided not to.
Bonus: The types of clauses named in order of appearance in the sentence.
What is two?
Bonus: What is a dependent and an independent clause?
500
The shot composition below and its typical purpose:
Barbie (2023)
What is an extreme close-up shot for dramatic emphasis?
500
The "voice" of this sentence (active vs. passive):
It is believed by the candidate that a ceiling must be placed on the budget by Congress.
Bonus: a revision to the opposite voice.
What is passive voice?
Bonus: The candidate believes that Congress must place a ceiling on the budget.