Rhetoric
Sources and Citations
Synthesis/Analysis Elements
Remember the Prompt
100
IN YOUR OWN WORDS
What is rhetoric?
Rhetoric is the ancient art of persuasion. It's a way of presenting and making your views convincing and attractive to your readers or audience.
100
What do you call taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Plagiarism
100
What is the central idea in a work to which all parts of the work relate to
Thesis statement / Thesis
100
How many sources are required for Major Assignment #3 and what are they?
3 Sources
-Original Film / TV Episode
-Two Reviews
200
The appeal to logic, proof, or common sense is often referred to as _____.
Logos
200
List two ways you can embed evidence into your essay.
Hint: Your first Major Assignment has one of the answers in the essay type.
-Direct Quotations
-Paraphrase
-Summarize
200
What strategy does your professor recommend when reading articles or the reviews?
Hint: This strategy helps when trying to form your own ideas and make conversation with the sources! We did this in class Unit 1!
Annotate!
200
What is the word count requirement for the essay?
~ Around 1200-1500 words
300
The rhetorical appeal used when a toothpaste commercial has a dentist wearing a white lab coat is called ______.
Ethos
Appeal to Credibility/Character
300
What is the correct in-text citation for a quote on page 394 from the book The Stand by Stephen King?
(King 394).
"The quote that you are using would be here" (King 394).
300
Define "synthesis essay"?
A synthesis essay is a written work that takes a unique viewpoint about a central idea, theme, or topic, and backs it up with a combination of multiple sources!
300
When is your paper due?
Where should it be submitted?
11:59PM on December 3rd
Turn-It-In
400
The major rhetorical appeal being used here and how is it being used.
Pathos - relating to the viewer by showing how fragile the balloon is, making the viewer feel sad or fear for losing the turtle
400
TRUE or FALSE:
If you are citing information from a website, you do not need to include a parenthetical citation, since websites don’t have page numbers.
Justify your answer.
FALSE
If a source does not have page numbers, use the author’s name for the parenthetical citation.
•If a source does not have an author or page numbers, cite the title of the source.
400
What does the acronym P.I.E. stand for?
P - Point
I - Illustration
E - Example
400
What should be accomplished in the introduction paragraph(s)?
Introduce the film / tv episode : TITLE
Background information / Context
Thesis Statement: Clear Expectations for the direction of your essay and gives readers a sense of the points that will be developed.500
The two major rhetorical appeals being used and where they are used.
What is pathos (relating to the viewer/sadness/sympathy) and logos ("one in six women are victims of abuse")?
500
Create an MLA Citation with the following information:
(You can use OWL Purdue or your textbook for help)
The authors: Henry Goldman and Elizabeth Howard
The book: Ancient Civilizations
The year: 1989.
The city: Philadelphia.
The publisher: Gold House.
Goldman, Henry, and Elizabeth Howard. Ancient Civilizations. Philadelphia, Gold House, 1989.
500
How might you organize your synthesis essay? Think about the frameworks we went over in class!
Hint: There are multiple "correct" answers.
Framework #1: Introduction and Summary of Texts, Analytical Section, Synthesis Section, Concluding Paragraph
Framework #2: Introduction, Summary/Analysis of First Text, Summary/Analysis of Second Text, Synthesis Section, Concluding Paragraph
Other answers welcome with justification.
500
Fill in the blanks:
In the body paragraphs you should _________ the story/plot of the film, for viewers who haven’ t seen it yet.
Works Cited or References should _______ on a ____ and gives the formal citation for your film/episode, the two critical reviews, and any additional research in MLA (Works Cited) or APA (References) format.
summarize
begin on a new page