The manner in which a writer relates to an audience (the writer's attitude toward the subject and the audience).
What is tone?
100
This is the unacknowledged use of another's ideas or words.
What is plagiarism?
100
Evoking this requires not only good judgment and factual knowledge but also recognition of the complexity of a situation.
What is ethos?
100
This focuses your paragraph by acting as an extension of the writer's thesis and the question motivating the writer's argument.
What is a topic sentence?
100
A list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.
What is a bibliography?
200
Your chief reason for communicating something about your subject to a particular audience.
What is purpose?
200
MLA requires these references, which point readers to the Works Cited page.
What are in-text citations?
200
Writers appeal to this when they use examples and illustrations that they believe will arouse the appropriate emotions in their audience.
What is pathos?
200
To be convincing, this must be accurate, verifiable, reliable, relevant, and sufficient.
What is evidence?
200
A more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics found within a text.
What is an index?
300
Pattern of providing specific information and evidence (narration, description, illustration, definition, analysis, comparison and contrast, cause and effect).
What is development?
300
This is usually about the same length as the original passage. Use it when all information in the passage is important, but the language may be difficult for your audience to understand.
What is paraphrase?
300
This may be the most important component of your argument.
What is ethos?
300
The willingness to make concessions is valued in academic writing because it acknowledges the __________ of an issue.
What is the complexity?
300
A summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.
What is an abstract?
400
A quality of oneness that results when every word, sentence, and paragraph in a piece of writing is related to the main idea and harmoniously supports the main idea and purpose.
What is unity?
400
This generally condenses a significantly longer text. Use it when you need to present only the key ideas of a passage to advance your argument.
What is a summary?
400
Writers appeal to this when they lead readers from one premise to the next, making sure evidence is sufficient and convincing and that inferences are logical and correct.
What is logos?
400
These require structural integration (unity and coherence) with the rest of the essay.
What are paragraphs?
400
A magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
What is a periodical?
500
A quality of good writing achieved through (1) a logical sequence of ideas, (2) the purposeful repetition of key words and ideas, (3) a pace suitable for your topic and your readers, and (4) the use of transitional words and expressions.
What is coherence?
500
Most academic arguments begin with this, which sets the stage for the argument that follows.
What is a synthesis?
500
Your task as a writer is to determine the proper balance of this, based on your thesis, the circumstances, and your audience.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
500
These signal words and phrases help create unity by establishing a clear relationship among different ideas, pointing readers in the direction your ideas are taking.
What are transitions?
500
A list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems.