What are the 2 most important parts of the Rhetorical Situation?
Audience and Purpose
100
What is the act of combining information from two sources to support a third point called?
Synthesis
100
What is the last item listed in the upper left hand corner of an academic paper?
Date.
100
What is a characteristic of a good thesis sentence?
-arguable
-limited
-stands alone
-clear
200
"It is noted that 95% of all people polled agree on the issue."
Passive voice
200
This is the Aristotelean appeal that manipulates emotions.
Pathos.
200
Define Warrants.
The information that links a claim to its grounds, or, the statement of the unstated assumptions in writing.
200
When is it not necessary to use the author's last name in a parenthetical citation?
-When there is no author
-When the author was named in a signal phrase
-When the source has been cited directly before with no interruption from another source
200
What does Stedman say is like hitting roadkill in a paper? It comes out of nowhere and ruins the flow.
A floating quotation.
300
"Many people could not resist buying homes at low rates. As a result, debt."
Sentence Fragment (no subject).
300
Name the logical appeal that attacks a person's character.
Ad Hominom
300
Name two possibilities for making your introduction more interesting for your reader.
An anecdote, dropping them into the action, asking a question, starting with a shocking fact or statistic
300
Where does the period go in a parenthetical citation of a quote?
After everything.
300
Why shouldn't you end a paragraph with a quotation?
Because it does not allow for a transition into the next paragraph and it also means that you have not explained your quote (i.e. no warrants)
400
"In many cities, Occupy protesters came into conflict with police and are injured by pepper spray."
Inappropriate tense shift.
400
What is it called when an author takes an argument in one form and converts it to a new medium?
Remediation
400
What words should you never start your conclusion with?
"In conclusion..."
400
In a works cited page, how are the entries organized?
alphabetically.
400
What search engine is best for finding newspaper articles?
Lexis Nexis
500
"Bank loans available with little to no down payment."
Sentence Fragment (no verb).
500
Define Ethos.
An appeal to a person's sense of credibility, ethics, or authority.
500
Name the two ways to organize a paper.
Chronologically and Thematically
500
How should a website's URL appear in a works cited page?
It shouldn't. Unless the website cannot be found by typical search engines with the information provided, in which case it should appear last and in between carrots.
500
"We need to reduce the national debt because the government owes too much money," is an example of what logical fallacy?