Modes of Persuasion
Marking Meaning
Traps to Avoid
Focus on the Source
Misc.
100

An appeal to logic…

What is Logos 

100

This mark is used for an interruption in the thought of the sentence.

What is a dash?

100

When a researcher or writer purposely or accidentally lets their personal beliefs ‘leak’ into their work.

What is ‘bias’

100

An original document or peer reviewed published article is this type of source. 

What is Primary? 

100

Vera’s cousins suffer from this ailment that could be helped by spending time outdoors. 

What is depression?

200

An appeal to emotion…

What is Pathos?

200

This mark is used for lists. 

What is a colon?

200

Choosing to withhold information, facts, suppressing or prohibiting information, ideas, or artistic expression deemed objectionable or harmful, and can be practiced by governments, private institutions, or individual. 

What is ‘censorship’

200

An author’s interpretation of original documents, studies, and peer reviewed & published articles signal this type of source. 

What is secondary? 

200

These favored animals offer this healthy protein, but it’s not meat. 

What are chickens? 

300

An appeal to credibility and authority…

What is Ethos?

300

This mark joins two sentences on a related topic into one. 

What is a semi-colon? 

300

This Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. 

What is the 1st ammandment? 

300

One way to establish credibility in a Secondary source is to look at the end for this info. 

What is an extensive (or large) bibliography (or work cited)? 

300

Another word for the first sentence in your introduction besides ‘hook’.

What is exordium?

400

These two modes of persuasion are best used in research.

What are Ethos and Logos 

400

“The genius level students, 2024/25 EPIC R&C class, once again mastered the new skill introduced.”

The commas set off an example of this part of speech. 

What is an appositive?

400

‘Go’ ‘went’ ‘said’ ‘pretty’ ‘nice’ ‘bad’ are all examples of these kind of words. 

What are ‘banned words’?

400

A collection of information gathered and amassed into a reference marks this type of source. 

What is a Tertiary source?

400

When an author recognizes an opposing view but then explains why it isn’t significant enough to derail her/his claim, this is called…

What is counter argument or refutation? 

500

Ethos, Logos, and Pathos are all elements of this 3 sided framework. 

What is the rhetorical triangle? 

500

“The crying baby had a wet diaper.”

This sentence is an example of a verb acting as a different part of speech, a ____, and is called a _____.

What is an adjective and a (present) participle?

500

Better vocabulary choices for 

Good-

A lot-

Get-

Anything better as deemed by Mrs V! 

500

These online sites offer generally reliable articles, studies, and info for researching.

What is JSTOR and Google Scholar?

500

“All Christmas trees should be artificial in order to avoid triggering allergies, creating messes moms must clean up, and compounding a negative  environmental effect.”

This is an example of this  part of the outline and paper. 

What is the thesis? 

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