The Rhetorical Situation
The reason why someone is composing a piece of writing.
What is "purpose"?
The author's name, professor's name, class, and date at the top of a piece of writing.
What is the "heading"?
A phrase that leads into a quote.
What is a "signal phrase"?
A source that may include pictures and that isn't peer-reviewed.
What is a popular source?
A rhetorical appeal that relies on emotion.
What is "pathos"?
The positive and/or negative traits/ideologies/etc. a writer brings into a piece of writing.
What is "bias"?
The font you should type your papers in according to MLA format.
What is "Times New Roman"?
The name that must be included in a parenthetical citation if it's not mentioned in the signal phrase.
What is the author's last name?
A source that is usually found on an academic database and that may include difficult language.
What is a scholarly source?
The rhetorical appeal that may utilize numbers and statistics.
What is logos?
The sociopolitical circumstances surrounding a piece of writing.
What is "the context"?
The name for the type of quote that involves three or more lines of text.
What is a "block quote?"
The punctuation you should place around article titles.
What are quote marks?
The technical term for the list of sources found at the end of a piece of writing.
What is a bibliography?
The rhetorical appeal that pertains to the way an author makes themself seem credible.
What is ethos?
The focal point of a piece of writing.
What is the "topic"?
The name of the website where you can see how to format your essays according to MLA style.
What is "The Owl at Purdue"?
What are italics?
The name of the database where you can find many scholarly sources.
What is JSTOR?
Domain names hosted by governmental institutions.
What is "evaluate"?
The font size you need to write in according to MLA format.
What is "12-point font?"
What is the page number?
The technical term for the paragraph summary that usually accompanies a scholarly source.
What is "an abstract"?
The Greek philosopher who made the art of persuasion well-known.
Who is "Aristotle"?