Types of Writing
The primary goal of explanatory writing is to inform the reader clearly and in this way.
What is impartially?
This appeal uses facts, statistics, and clear arguments to persuade the audience through logic and reason.
What is logos?
The most commonly required font and size for an MLA-formatted academic paper.
Times New Roman, 12-point font
Besides a claim and evidence, an argumentative essay's third key characteristic is addressing this.
What is counterargument?
The main purpose of these elements is to credit sources and allow readers to locate the original research materials.
What are in-text citations?
This type of writing is defined as "A personal story about overcoming a challenge."
What is narrative writing?
This rhetorical appeal relies entirely on the speaker’s credibility or character.
What is ethos?
The three elements that must follow the student's name on the first page of an MLA paper.
What are instructor name, course, and date?
These details engage the five senses to help the reader clearly visualize or experience what is being described.
What are sensory details?
The proper MLA formatting for the title of a long work like a book or a journal.
What is italicized?
The three core characteristics of this essay type are a clear claim, supporting evidence, and addressing counterarguments.
What is argumentative writing?
This is the appeal to emotion, used to motivate an audience to action, but must be used ethically.
What is pathos?
This must appear in the top right corner of every page and include the writer's last name and the page number. ader?
What is the header?
A writer might use a brief anecdote or a personal experience to illustrate a point in this type of writing.
What is explanatory writing?
This must begin on a separate page at the end of the paper.
What is the Works Cited page?
This writing focuses on the sequence of events, while descriptive writing focuses on illustrating a person, place, or thing.
What is narrative writing?
Meaning the right or opportune moment to make an argument, this Greek term is vital in persuasive writing.
What is kairos?
The parenthetical citation format for a source with two authors. Correct Response: What is (Author1 Last Name and Author2 Last Name page number)?
What is (Author1 Last Name and Author2 Last Name page number)?
This rhetorical factor is especially important in argumentative essays because the relevance of the argument depends on the timing of the message.
What is kairos?
By using sources that are reliable and well-researched, a writer contributes to establishing this rhetorical appeal.
What is ethos?
In explanatory writing, this factor determines the complexity of language and the level of necessary background information.
What is audience?
An author achieves this by using credible sources, emotional appeals, and logical arguments in balance.
What is rhetorical balance?
The correct four-part order of information in an MLA Works Cited entry for a book, before the final period.
What is Author, Title of Book (Italicized), Publisher, Year?
Writing that is factual and unbiased is one, and writing that includes personal opinions and feelings is the other.
What is the difference between objective and subjective writing?
This is used for prose quotations longer than four lines and must be indented one inch from the left margin with no quotation marks.
What is a block quote?