All About Rhetoric
These are the three main rhetorical appeals we use and analyze in argumentation.
What are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
This is essential to maintain academic integrity, avoid plagiarism, and give proper credit to original authors.
What is citing our sources?
This is the acronym we use to analyze rhetoric.
What is SPACECAT?
Use this before a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) that joins two independent clauses.
What is a comma?
Claim + because + reason 1, reason 2, and reason 3.
What is the basic Thesis formula?
a statement, assertion, or argument presented as true, which may be disputed, doubted, or require supporting evidence
What is a Claim?
This is the list of sources we use at the end of an academic paper.
What is a Works Cited page?
The acronym we use to remember what to include in our introductions.
What is the ANT Method?
Instead of using a period to create two separate sentences, this connects two complete, related sentences into one.
What is a semicolon?
The A in the ANT method.
What is Attention Getter?
a reasoned response, objection, or argument that challenges another claim, idea, or thesis
What is a counterargument?
What is an in-text citation?
The acronym we use to remember what to include in our body paragraphs.
What is the ISE method?
This punctuation can act similarly to a comma when used to separate extra or nonessential information.
What is a long dash?
The W in the SEW method.
What is WOW statement?
common errors in reasoning, flaws in argumentation, or irrelevant points that undermine the logic of an argument. They appear convincing but are inherently flawed, often used—accidentally or intentionally—to manipulate or persuade others without valid evidence
What are logical fallacies?
This is the third element used in a proper Works Cited page entry.
What is Title of Container?
The acronym we use to remember what to include in our conclusions.
What is the SEW method?
The primary rule for this punctuation is that a complete sentence (independent clause) must precede it.
What is a colon?
The E in the ISE Method?
What is Explain the connection?
the reason, purpose, or intended meaning an author aims to convey through their work, serving as the intended message a reader is meant to understand. It represents the underlying motivation for creating a text—such as to inform, persuade, or entertain—which guides interpretation.
What is authorial intent?
Meaning "and others" in Latin, this is what we use when citing three or more authors from one source.
What is et al?
What is Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Tone?
In the following sentence, the colon goes here:
Taylor Swift has written a few songs about John Mayer “Dear John,” “The Story of Us,” and “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve.”
What is after John Mayer?
a writing technique used to integrate borrowed material smoothly by surrounding a quote (the filling) with a topic sentence/introduction (the top bun) and analysis/explanation (the bottom bun)
What is the Sandwich Method?