Rhetoric
This is the third rhetorical appeal beside logos and pathos.
What is ethos?
This is the central, argumentative statement of an academic essay.
What is a thesis statement?
What is "the age of man?"
These two concepts were the subject of the first lesson in this course.
What are literacy and critical thinking?
This is the course and section designator for this class.
What is ENGL 1020-022?
What is ENGL 1020-017?
These 3 concepts form the constituent parts of Lloyd Bitzer's "rhetorical situation"
What are exigence, audience, and constraints?
This term refers to using more than one mode of communication to make an argument or deliver a message.
What is multimodality?
This greenhouse gas exists in large pockets under various ice shelves. It is many times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.
What is methane?
This wildly depressing movie features an endangered species of bird residing on Midway Island.
What is Albatross?
In accordance with attendance policy, this is the amount subtracted from a student's final grade for every absence after the first 3.
What is 5% grade reduction?
This Greek term refers to the ideal time to deliver an argument
What is kairos?
These two grammatical concepts are necessary to make most complete sentences.
What are subject and verb (or predicate)?
This substance, found nearly everywhere on earth, has been linked to developmental and reproductive toxicity, immune system compromise, and other health hazards.
What are microplastics?
Every entry in an MLA works cited page features this formatting structure.
What is a hanging indent?
A revised and resubmitted assignment must have this additional component to be considered for a better grade.
What is a cover letter or memo detailing the changes made and how they respond to instructor notes?
These provide support for an argument by drawing on resources outside of the argument itself.
What are inartistic proofs?
These are the three forms that inartistic proofs tend to take in academic essays.
What are quotations, paraphrase, and summary?
This man is one of two scientists attributed with coining the term, "Anthropocene."
Who is Crutzen?
Who is Stoermer?
This is the translation of the Potawatomi phrase, "mishkos kenomagwen."
"The teachings of grass."
These are two of the required components of the final portfolio for this class.
What are a self-reflective essay, a revised ARP, and examples of best work done over the course of the semester?
This refers to an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated.
What is an enthymeme?
This is the translation of the Latin term, "composer," which is the etymological root of "composition."
What is "to put together"?
Some have argued that this event, resulting in the appearance of radioactive markers in rock strata, marks the starting point of the Anthropocene in 1945.
What is the Trinity Test?
What is nuclear semiotics?
This is the worst part of being in Dr. Purfield's class.
What is the disappointment of having to attend literally any other class?