Writing 101
Theories
Potent Quotables
Terms and Titles
Potpourri
100
Another term for "thesis statement"
What is a "central claim"?
100
For Edward Said, a certain strain of intellectuals were either physical or metaphorical these
What are "exiles"?
100
He wrote, "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity"
Who is "Immanuel Kant"?
100
The fair and accurate representation of another's argument in one's own writing
What is a "critical exposition"?
100
This former English major currently serves as president of Duke
Who is "Vincent Price"?
200
In an academic essay, you use this to ground your claims.
What is "evidence"?
200
In his essay "A Plea for Intellectuals," Jean-Paul Sartre argues that intellectuals derive from this group of professionals
Who are the "technicians of practical knowledge"?
200
"The man of letters is without recourse; he resembles the flying fish: if he raises himself up a little, the birds devour him; if he dives, the fish eat him up," he believed.
Who is "Voltaire"?
200
English literary critic Terry Eagleton argues for Marx's continued relevance in this aptly titled book
What is "Why Marx Was Right"?
200
This Duke sport had its inaugural season in 2017–2018
What is "softball"?
300
When scholars examine the language of a text in an effort to interpret or explain it, they're doing this  
What is "close reading"?
300
A French literary critic and novelist whose early theory of "clerks" urged them to steer clear of political causes 
Who is "Julien Benda"?
300
In her revision of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, she wrote, "Believing that ignorance, omission, or scorn for the rights of woman are the only causes of public misfortunes and of the corruption of governments, [the women] have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of woman..."
Who is "Olympe de Gouges"?
300
In this influential book, Austrian economist F.A. Hayek detailed the dangers of central planning and collectivistic thinking
What is "The Road to Serfdom"?
300
The number for Jed's office in Art Building
What is "200Z"?
400
Writers provide this when they step back from their own argument to clarify a term or claim
What is "metacommentary"?
400
The literary scholar argued that the black woman intellectual must resist and reject the nurturer stereotype and protect her time alone
Who is "bell hooks"?
400
For this German intellectual, "the only responsible course is to deny oneself the ideological misuse of one's own existence, and for the rest to conduct oneself in private as modestly, unobtrusively and unpretentiously as required, no longer by good upbringing, but by the same of still having air to breathe, in hell.
Who is "Theodor Adorno"?
400
A system, grouping, or organizing principle that that appears natural but is in fact the product of that society itself  
What is a "social construction"?
400
This Durham Bulls mascot's middle initial stands for "Education"
Who is "Wool E. Bull"?
500
The simplest way to think about academic writing
What is "they say, I say"?
500
Is truth power?  This French philosopher certainly thought so
Who is "Michel Foucault"?
500
In this Russian literary critic's famous "Letter to Gogol," he wrote, "As far as I can see, you do not rightly understand the Russian public.  Its mood results from the condition of Russian society, in which fresh forces are on the rise and trying to break through, but, being brutally repressed and unable to find an outlet, cause only despondency, apathy, and gloom."
Who is "Vissarion Belinsky"?
500
Originally used to describe Socrates's philosophical procedure, this term also applies to Hegel's and Marx's theories of history
What is "dialectic"?
500
Jed's middle name
What is "Phillip"?
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