MLA Format
This is what MLA stands for.
Modern Language Association
A conclusion or judgment made from insufficient evidence.
Generalization
This city is so small that only one of its residents can fit inside at a time.
Along with Authority, this is the other "A" word in CRAAP.
Accuracy.
This is defined as the art of persuasion.
This information belongs in the header.
Picking and choosing only some of the available evidence in order to present only points most favorable to your point of view.
Cherry Picking
Before Jimmy and Vance were Phil's bodyguards, they were professionally covered in this substance.
Mud.
This website address almost always assures that you are looking at a reliable source.
.edu
This language attempts to compare and contrast the opinions of various authors in similar discourse communities.
Synthesis.
This is a term for how the first line of a source should be formatted in your Works Cited page.
Hanging Indent
Changing topics to avoid the point being discussed.
Red Herring
The author of The Brief and Terrifying Reign of Phil.
George Saunders
This brief overview of an academic article is placed at the beginning of longer works.
An Abstract
This is a sentence that states the topic and purpose of your paper.
Thesis Statement
Along with MLA, these other two formats make up the three most popular college writing formats.
APA and Chicago.
This is an argument that attempts to create a situation of absolutes with no options in between.
Either/Or
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Allegory
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This is the name of the librarian that helped us out the most during this semester.
Ben Richards
Along with audience, subject and author, this final term makes up the four sides of the Rhetorical Rhombus.
A Block Quote.
This is a fallacy that assumes that one thing is going to have a series of consequences or effects–often leading to a worst-case scenario.
Slippery Slope
A plot device whereby an unsolvable conflict or point of tension is suddenly resolved by the unexpected appearance of an implausible character, object, action, ability, or deity.
Dues ex Machina
No, not a trendy clothing brand, this Ancient Greek philosopher coined the terms pathos, ethos and logos.
Aristotle
This is the act of breaking down the whole into pieces for the purpose of examination.
Analysis.