Readings
This reading followed the survivor of a Uvalde school shooting.
What is "An American Girl?"
"If we allow gay marriage, then people will be asking to marry their pets next!" is an example of this fallacy.
What is slippery slope?
These were required every week and they got progressively longer in their requirements.
What are journals?
When a writer appeals to emotions, they use this part of rhetorical writing.
What is pathos?
Prof Vanderlip's pronouns.
What are she / they?
The writer of "The Devil's Bait" attended a conference for patients of the elusive Morgellan's disease.
Who is Leslie Jamison?
"All librarians are quiet people" is an example of this kind of fallacy.
What is a hasty generalization?
This is a part of the writing process meant to generate ideas for a paper.
What is pre-writing?
This is the most important aspect of rhetorical writing because if a writer isn't credible, the reader cannot trust them.
What is ethos.
The name of Prof Vanderlip's dog.
Who is Rodeo?
The author of Superman and Me is an Indigenous writer best known for his poetry.
Who is Sherman Alexie?
DAILY DOUBLE:
This fallacy slides between two or more different meanings of a single word.
What is Equivocation?
This refers to the process of marking up a document with highlighting, underlining, and margin notes.
What is an annotation?
This refers to how a rhetorician [writer] sounds to an audience.
What is tone?
This is the name of our textbook.
What is "The Composition of Everyday Life?"
Helen Keller penned this narrative which detailed her understanding of language.
What is "The Day Language Came into My Life?"
This fallacy plays on the urge people have to fit in.
What is the Ad Populum fallacy?
This part of the process allowed you to share your work with your classmates.
What is Writer's Workshop?
This element of argument was presented to the class via an analysis of diss tracks.
What is counter-argument?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is Prof Vanderlip's favorite wrestler.
Who is John Cena?
This is one of Prof Vanderlip's favorite essays, and only two people read it. Title and author required.
What is "Bootstraps: From an Academic of Color" by Victor Villanueva?
Give an example (that isn't on the worksheet) of a false dichotomy fallacy.
The premise that there are only two choices, and the arguer takes away one choice, leaving only one other choice.
These are the five steps of the writing process.
1. PreWriting
2. Research
3. Drafting
4. Revising
5. Editing and Proofreading
List three of the credible publications out of the ten Prof Vanderlip shared that you could pick your article from.
What are:
The Washington Post
The New York Times
The Chicago Tribune
Wall Street Journal
BBC
The Economist
The New Yorker
Associated Press
Reuters
Bloomberg News
The Atlantic
Politico
ALL TEAMS ANSWER THE FOLLOWING PROMPT, THE BEST ANSWER WINS:
We are facing a zombie apocalypse together as a group. Who do we vote for as group leader / who will be second in command / who's the first casualty? Justify your answers.
ENJOY YOUR WINTER BREAK!