About your Intructor
Rhetorical Situation Examples
Approaches to Synthesis
Literature Review Rubric
100

Salt Lake City

Where does Wes live? 

100

Including credentials of an author when citing a source in an essay

What is an example of the rhetorical appeal: ethos? 

100

With this approach, you might organize the different themes and explain the common consensus that a majority of authors have come to in relation to each theme. 

What is "discuss the trends"?

100

Writing these at the top of your essay will ensure that your essay gets graded. 

What are the revision notes?

200

After failing to plan for this event, he took his wife to a Jazz Game as a last-minute plan. 

What is Valentine's Day? 

200

Posing your research question in your introduction. 

What is an example of purpose? 

200

With this approach, you might organize the different themes and discuss ways in which the sources differ or are similar in their discussion of a given theme. 

What is compare and contrast? 
200

Sources must be cited in-text and at the end of the essay in .... style. 

What is MLA?

300

At the beginning of the semester Wes won these, and then, due to COVID, he was unable to use them. 

What happened to Wes's Hamilton Tickets? 

300

Acknowledging how a recent event or events have made your topic a pressing topic to discuss today.

What is an example of Kairos?

300

With this approach, you might organize the different themes and identify problems or missing perspectives that your sources acknowledge in relation to each theme.

What is "identify problems or missing perspectives"?

300

The ... is the most important part of your introduction?

What is a "clearly stated thesis"? 

400

His baby was born on this day.

What is April 7, 2022?

400
Writing in an essay about all the factors that make the topic urgent to the author and or audience. 
What is an example of exigence? 
400

With this approach, you might organize the different themes and discuss the major ways in which the data, evidence, statistics, etc. regarding each theme is in conflict among the sources.

What is "highlight conflicting evidence"?


400
The key themes of your essay must connect your sources to the ....

What is "the ongoing conversation"?

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