Rhetoric
We understand rhetoric today by this simplified definition...
What is the art of persuasion?
Todd's Syndrome is a perceptual disorder, or a disorder that affects the way one views sizes and distances. The author of a famous classic novel suffered from Todd's Syndrome.
Who is the author?
Answer: Who is/was ____ ____?
Who is Lewis Carroll?
College level essays of the highest caliber should contain paragraphs of what length?
What is 8-15 sentences?
This word is also referred to as a conversation which may transcend documents and subjects over time.
What is discourse?
When an author purposefully adheres to the expectations of a specific genre, he or she works within the genre _______.
What are genre conventions?
A citation that is included inside the main body of an essay is called...
Answer: "What is a ____ ____?"
What is a parenthetical citation?
OR
What is an in-text citation?
To entertain, to inform, to instruct, to argue, to persuade, to motivate, etc. are all examples of an author's _____.
What is an author's _____?
What is an author's purpose?
If an author seeks out quotes from a qualified expert on their subject and implements those quotes in their argument, which rhetorical appeal are they most likely employing?
What is ethos?
Who is Alexander the Great?
To begin any type of writing project, an author must understand how to construct a variety of sentence clauses and conjunctions, including independent and dependent clauses. What is another term for a dependent clause?
What is a subordinate clause?
The sense of inspiration to generate any kind of media, but especially writing, is called ____.
What is exigence?
A body of writing is limited in that an essay developed based on mere ______ ______ may result in surface-level research depth or a poor 2-sided depth of argument.
What is binary thinking?
When a source is written as a direct account of an event, it may be known as a ______ source. This may mean that the author was present at the event(s).
What is a _____ source?
What is a primary source?
What are the 3 most common types of comma errors?
What are fragment, run-on, and comma splice?
When an author employs 2 or more voices from discourse and stitches them into their own argument, it is called___.
What is synthesis?
Aristotle, the father of logical argument, also applied logic to storytelling. He broke the typical orated or written story into 3 parts. What were they?
Answer: "What are ____, ____, and ____?"
What are beginning, middle, and end?
If an author makes a claim that he or she believes to be true, yet cannot prove with evidence for that claim, the author has likely written a ______.
What is a fallacy?
This type of phrase will never contain the subject of a sentence.
What is a prepositional phrase?
Claims may be used often throughout an essay, but an author should always provide _____ gleaned through thorough research.
What is evidence?
When an author composes academic writing for subjects such as English, History, Art, or Philosophy, he or she likely writes with MLA standards. An MLA Works Cited is organized in what order?
What is alphabetical?
When an author uses specific words to make readers think/feel/believe a certain way, he is likely using ____ ____.
What is _____ ____?
What is charged language?
If an author strategically makes specific decisions intended to impact their ideal reader, the author is using _____ _____.
Answer: What are ______ ______?
What are rhetorical choices?
In a story about her horror genre class at Texas Tech, Professor Fontaine mentioned a certain novel titled The Island of Dr. Moreau. What taboo concept made that novel qualify as horror?
ANSWER: What is _____?
What is vivisection?
When the author pulls together a purposeful claim, it should be refined for the essay as the ____ ____.
What is the thesis statement?
The process of active reading that involves taking notes or marking the text by circling or underlining words, or even highlighting whole phrases in an intentional fashion is called...
What is annotating?
If an essay topic is capable of withstanding the rigor of intense academic research because it has plenty of input in academic discourse, it is a _____ topic.
What is viable?
Rather than numbering sources in the Works Cited list of an MLA formatted essay, an author should use what kind of indentation style instead?
Answer: "What is a ____ ____?"
What is a hanging indent?
What are the 3 types of claims?
What are claims of ___, ____, and ____?
What are claims of fact, value, and policy?
Consuming media for the sake of digesting its purpose, tone, bias, etc. is known as ____ ____.
What is critical reading?
2 part answer! Using the quote below, name the title AND author.
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!
What is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens?
When an author has preemptively decided on an audience, they may tailor their writing to accommodate the opinions of the ____ ____.
Who is the ideal reader?
When language is commonly used in a specific region's speech, such as phrases, idioms, or fallacies, that are often excluded from formal writing standards, these examples of language are known as _______.
What are colloquialisms?
The framework in which an argument is set and developed, including audience characteristics, opposition, evidence, relevance of the topic, and available discourse for research, is called the___ ___.
What is the rhetorical situation?
When a source is written indirectly, years later, or about an event, it may be known as a _______ source. This may mean that the author was either not present or not yet alive for the event(s).
What is a ______ source?
What is a secondary source?
When a text has "global" or large-scale confidence, meaning that the text overall maintains unity and is developed well, this text is _____. This also means the text fits its genre conventions.
What is a _____ text?
What is a working text?
Aristotle preferred to generate persuasion through logic and reasoning alone; however, he recognized that not all audiences would be sophisticated enough to follow arguments based on appeals to logos alone.
What are the other 2 appeals (or means of persuasion) that Aristotle learned to lean on?
What are ethos and pathos?
The cyclops Polyphemus was blinded by an ancient Greek hero. He offered a false name to the cyclops to protect himself. What was his false name?
Who was ______?
Who was No One?
OR
Who was Nobody?
One of the most effective forms of prewriting in a genre unfamiliar to the author is a strategy called ____.
What is scaffolding?
Philosophers debate about the correct structure for organizing living things according to their "worth" or "value." For example, medical science may suggest that for the sake of promoting human life, the loss of 100 monkeys is unfathomable, while the loss of only 10 is regrettable.
This quantifiable scale is referred to as an issue of "____ ____."
What is moral status?
If an author introduces an opposing viewpoint in their essay, there are 3 different ways that opposition can be addressed.
What are the author's 3 options for rebuttal in an argumentative essay?
What are, accommodate, concede, or refute?
(no specific order is necessary, so long as the spokesperson says all 3)
Answer: "What are ______ or _____?"
What are Times New Roman or Arial?
Someone who is naturally invested in an argument or issue, especially when considered for an essay, may be known as a _______.
Who is a _____?
Who is a stakeholder?