Engaging with Sources
The formatting and citation style for the course.
What is MLA Style?
The creator of a text.
Who is the Author / Speaker?
A type of claim that argues whether or not something has merit.
What is a claim of value?
A scare tactic that suggests if one thing happens, it will cause multiple bad things to happen as a result.
What is the slippery slope fallacy?
Type of proof that focuses on observable evidence and reasoning.
What is logos?
A broad, general overview of a source.
What is summary?
The reason for the message.
What is the purpose?
A type of reasoning that examines multiple examples and draws a conclusion from them.
What is inductive reasoning?
A personal attack on character rather than policies or ideas.
What is the ad hominem fallacy?
What is ethos?
A short explanation of a specific part of a source, written in your own words.
What is paraphrase?
An audience harshly opposed to a claim
What is a hostile audience?
A type of claim that argues for specific action or change to be made.
What is a claim of policy?
Judging someone based on their affiliations or connections.
What is the guilt by association fallacy?
Type of proof that appeals to emotion.
What is pathos?
A type of consensual argument that offers a rebuttal of compromise.
What is Rogerian style rebuttal?
The urgency of an issue.
What is the exigency?
An extended personal story or example, meant to evoke emotion.
What is a pathos anecdote?
Attributing a false argument to an opponent and harshly refuting it.
What is the straw man fallacy?
What is logic / logos?
What is synthesis?
The underlying implicit assumption an audience needs to believe in order to buy into the argument; an audience's values or beliefs
What is the (contextual) warrant?
"Strike while the iron is hot"
What is an example of kairos?
Irrelevant or misleading "support" meant to distract.
What is a red herring?
What is kairos?