Essay Rules
this type of writing uses vivid language and sensory details
What is descriptive writing?
This basic writing grammatical unit is a group of words that expresses a complete thought, usually with a subject, verb, object, and ends with a period, question mark, exclamation or other punctuation.
What is a sentence?
This is the citation style that we have been using for this class.
What is MLA?
Every argument has to have one of these which is what you are trying to prove.
What is a claim?
You should always use this type of thinking which means that you are asking questions, analyzing sources, informing yourself, and staying apprised of real news.
What is critical thinking?
This type of essay tells a story.
What is a narrative essay?
This punctuation surrounds words that are something that someone directly said.
What are quotation marks?
What does the style APA stand for?
What is The American Psychological Association?
This is the official word for evidence for an argument.
What is/are premise(s)?
This is a word that means a mistake in judgement or argumentation that should be acknowledged because it could invalidate the argument
What is a fallacy?
This sentence (or two) found in the introduction summarizes the main idea of your paper for the reader
What is a thesis statement?
This punctuation mark denotes a slight pause by the reader, to either separate ideas or groups of words-- but doesn't end anything.
What is a comma?
This type of phrase is called such because it tells the reader who wrote the information and serves in place of an in-text citation.
What is a signal phrase?
This mode of appeal evokes pity, emotion, or compassion and is the "heart" for the argument
What is pathos?
This fallacy is where everybody follows the same trend and comes from a historical notion of literal circus wagons that carried performers for attention.
What is bandwagon?
Mrs. W's #1 writing rule to remind writers to use a story and details rather than directly telling a reader your main ideas
What is "show, don't tell?"
This punctuation denotes a strong pause that joins two independent clauses, or used in lists already containing commas
What is a semi-colon?
This type of in-text citation comes at the end of the sentence and is called this because of the punctuation that surrounds the info.
What is a parenthetical citation?
To do this (or offer this) is to say that something is false in an argument.
What is refute or refutation?
This type of fallacy implies causation whereby one event would lead to another worse event
What is a slippery slope?
This type of essay analyzes the types of devices that a writer might use to convey their ideas-- such as diction, sentence structure, modes of argumentation, etc.
What is a rhetorical analysis essay?
This word or group of words appears in a sentence to move one idea or one paragraph along to the next or to connect ideas; such as, however, therefore, in addition
What is/are transition word(s)?
A writer would insert these punctuation marks around a word or words that are inserted into a direct quote so that it will read correctly in a sentence.
What are brackets?
This type of reasoning starts by taking a generalization from a large group to apply to a specific situation.
What is deductive reasoning?
In several of the essays we read, the authors used this rhetorical device where they refer or "allude" to a piece of literature, cultural reference, movie, or other that a reader might know and associate with a main point
What is an allusion?