Rhetoric
Research
Thinking & Reading Critically
Sources
Writing Assignments
100

Using this method of persuasion may help the reader visualize what may or may not happen in the future.

What is predicting the consequences?

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 major appeal relies on using emotions.

What is Pathos?

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

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

What is a 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 major appeal relies on using good reasons, or logic to appeal to an audience. 

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

Using someone else's ideas, putting them 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 major appeal relies on the character or reputation of the writer/ speaker.

What is ethos?

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

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

What are opposing views?

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 two, you are required to provide reasons for your claim, and also to provide this to support you reasons.

What is evidence?

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