MLA
Argument
Fallacies
Poetry
Short Story Authors
100
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
100
What is a claim of value?
A claim that argues the significance or worth of the a topic.
100
This fallacy is a conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence. In other words, you are rushing to a conclusion before you have all the relevant facts.
Hasty Generalization
100
There are two categories of poetry, what are they?
Lyrical and Epic
100
Who is the author of "2BR02B"
Kurt Vonnegut
200
Name 3 disciplines that use MLA.
English, Music, Art, Philosophy, some History
200
Name the five parts of an argument
Claim, data, warrant, counterclaim, rebuttal
200
This is an example of what fallacy: I drank bottled water and now I am sick, so the water must have made me sick.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
200
Free Verse poetry was originally created/formed by what man?
Walt Whitman
200
Who is the author of "The Lottery"
Shirley Jackson
300
You may only use numerals in MLA for numbers over ____
100
300
What is the Aristotelian appeal of Ethos?
An appeal to ethics and credibility
300
A circular argument does what?
Restates the argument rather than actually proving it
300
What is an epic poem and give one example?
A lengthy poem that often tells the tale of a heroic journey, inspired by the tradition of Bards. The Faerie Queen, Paradise Lost, The Odyssey, The Iliad
300
Who is the author of "Autopsy Room Four"?
Stephen King
400
Name five ways in which you use sources to inform and support your essay
Providing background, explaining terms/concepts, supporting claims, lending authority, anticipating counterclaims
400
What is a warrant?
The connective transition/explanation between the data and the claim?
400
This is an example of what fallacy: Green Peace's strategies aren't effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies
Ad hominem
400
Name three types of structured poems?
Ode, Ballad, Haiku, Sonnet, Acrostic
400
Who is the author of "The Tattooer"?
Tanizaki Junichiro
500
You must cite anything you borrow from a source with the only exception being _______
common knowledge
500
What is the Aristotelian appeal to emotions called?
Pathos
500
What is the fallacy Red Herring
A diversionary tactic that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them
500
What is the definition and form of the haiku?
3 lined traditional Japanese poem with a syllabic pattern of 5,7,5
500
Who is the author of "Why Don't You Stop Talking"?
Jackie Kay
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