Rhetoric
Research
Thinking & Critical Reading
Sources
Writing Assignments
100

This is a word for using language purposefully and effectively.

What is rhetoric?

100

According to our textbook, Engaging Questions, research always begins with one of these.

What is a question?

100

Our textbook, Engaging Questions calls this "the ability to examine anything you or someone else has done, said, or written to discover how sound or useful it is."

What is critical thinking?

100

When you use someone else's exact words in your writing, you are creating one of these.

What is a quotation?

100

When writing a research proposal you should include this in the introduction to show what you will focus on in your paper.

What is a research question?

200

This basic appeal relies on the writer's character or reputation.

What is ethos?

200

One strategy for evaluating sources is to try to determine this about a source by quickly reading, or skimming an article.

What is relevance, or connection, to your topic?

200

When you make an educated guess about something you don't know based on something you do know, you are making one of these.

What is an inference? 

200

If you put someone else's ideas in your own words and keep the length roughly the same as the original, you are creating one of these.

What is paraphrase? 

200

When writing an annotated bibliography, you should do this in order to explain how the source fits into what you already know about the topic.

What is contextualize?

300

This basic appeal relies on the writer's use of good, logical reasons.

What is logos?

300

This strategy is a type of reading you might do if you want to evaluate the credibility of a source. It can involve finding information about the author and publisher, and doing additional searches online.

What is lateral reading?

300

Asking questions like what is the text about, what do I already know about the topic, and who wrote this text are part of this critical reading strategy.

What is previewing?

300

Putting someone else's ideas in your own words and condensing them is making one of these.

What is a summary?

300

This is one way you are asked to think in an exploratory research essay, which is described in our textbook as "thinking about your thinking".

What is introspection?

400

This basic appeal relies on the writer's use of emotion.

What is pathos?

400

When you read this way, you carefully scrutinize the source to learn more about the relevance, timeliness, and comprehensiveness of the source. You may also consider the evidence presented by the author.

What is close reading?

400

This critical reading strategy involves writing down words you don't know, listing or highlighting the main points, and including your own connections with the text, and is normally done while reading?

What is annotation?

400

These sources are considered the 'gold standard' in the world of research because they have been read and evaluated by other experts in the same field.

What are peer reviewed sources?

400

Every argumentative essay has one of these, often expressed as a thesis statement, at its core, and, though you didn't need one of these for essay one, you must include one as part of essay two.

What is a claim?

500

This method of persuasion asks the reader to imagine how something will or won't be in the future.

What is predicting the consequences?

500

According to a study done by Vosoughi, Roy, and Aral in2018, false information, compared to true information, spreads in this way.

What is faster?

500

Our textbook calls this, "active and involved interaction with a text."

What is critical reading?

500

When you are considering a source, and it seems that the author is intentionally providing untrue information in order to influence others, the author is including this in his or her writing.

What is disinformation?

500

As you write essay three, you are required to provide reasons for your claim, and also to provide this to support you reasons.

What is evidence?

600

You have to consider these (the opinions of others who may disagree with you) when writing an argumentative essay.

What are opposing views?

600

This process of combining claims, opinions, or points of view is a central part of writing a comparison.

What is synthesis?
600

This logical fallacy dodges the issue by drawing attention to a seemingly related but irrelevant issue.

What is a red herring?

600

These short words are used to introduce quotations.

What are signal phrases or attributive tags?

600

This part of a paper is a good place to include a relevant story, as it can hook the readers' attention, and, if chosen carefully, it can also provide a context for abstract concepts.

What is the introduction?

700

This technique is a way of saying that one thing is true but another idea is stronger or more important.

What is concession?

700

This is the examination of the differences among perspectives (opinions or points of view).

What is comparing perspectives?

700

This logical fallacy argues that since everyone is doing something you should too.

What is a bandwagon fallacy?

700
Whenever you quote, summarize or paraphrase, you should include one of these in the body of your paper, and it normally includes the name of the author and a page number.

What is a citation or in-text citation?

700

This type of writing includes an assessment of how good something is, and can be either personal or formal.

What is evaluating?

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