Rhetorical Situations
The person writing the work
Where you can access online databases, get citation help, and check out technology
What is the library?
The due date for the first draft of your Unit 4 essay
What is Mon, 12/2?
This type of sentence introduces the rest of the paragraph
What is a topic sentence?
What is different?
The type of work you are creating, along with the expectations
What is genre?
Citation style usually paired with the humanities, such as literature, history, journalism, and cultural studies
What is MLA format?
The prewriting assignment for Unit 4 requires this number of annotated sources
What is 4?
This sentence contains the main idea/argument for your entire essay
What is the thesis statement?
Everything you do before writing
What is pre-writing?
Common purposes of a piece of writing
What is to inform, persuade, or entertain?
Citation style usually used for hard & soft sciences, such as sociology, biology, chemistry, and psychiatry
What is APA format?
The citation style required for this assignment
What is MLA format?
Where you will usually find the thesis statement
What is the intro paragraph?
Actually sitting down to write/type
What is drafting?
Everything outside of the work that might affect it
What is context?
An in-text citation in MLA format usually takes this form
What is author-page?
The word count for the Unit 4 assignment
What is 1200+ words?
The question you should usually answer by the end of your essay
What is "so what?"
Making substantial changes to a piece of writing, perhaps by reorganizing paragraphs, cutting irrelevant information, or refocusing the entire work
What is revision?
The targeted audience for a work
What is invoked/intended audience?
TWO databases you are encouraged to use for this project
What are EBSCOhost/Academic Search Ultimate, Google, and/or JSTOR?
Outside sources will help you gather this
What is evidence or multiple perspectives?
A great starting point, but not necessarily the best way to continue writing complex pieces
What is a five-paragraph essay?
This pre-writing method involves connecting multiple circles and might be best for visual learners
What is a mind/cluster/idea map?