Research
Logical Fallacies
Fandoms
Linguistics & Reader Response
MLA vs. APA
100

These are two or more questions created by the researcher to help guide their research. They are often found in a research proposal. 

Primary and secondary research questions

100

This term refers to a false logic that someone may use to make an argument.

Fallacy

100

This fan behavior involves fans dressing up as their favorite fictional characters. 

Cosplay or costume play

100

This theorist was argued in favor of reader response while rejecting authorial intent.

Roland Barthes
100

In APA, this paragraph of summary is placed between the title page and the rest of the essay.

Abstract

200

This kind of source will provide the most ethos (credibility) for the paper. It can also be referred to as "peer-reviewed."

Scholarly source

200

This fallacy refers to assuming that a text, item, person, etc. is the best or worst merely based on popularity.

Bandwagon fallacy

200

This fan activity is a prominent subgenre of fanfic that usually puts two main male characters from a series into a homoerotic relationship.

Slash fiction

200

This concept refers to the creator's presumed power over a text.

Authorial intent or author intent

200

In both APA and MLA styles, the sources on the citation page at the end of an essay are placed in this order.

Alphabetical 

300

This is the best location for finding peer-reviewed (aka scholarly) sources. 

Wilson Library or college library

300

This fallacy is one that some fans use to gatekeep. When someone within the group voices an opposing view, the speaker of the fallacy may claim that they are not "true." In the case of fans, they may be called "not a true fan."

No true Scotsman

300

These two terms are often placed in opposition of one another. One refers to the collection of a creator's original text, and the other encompasses all of the fandom's created texts including alternate universes of the original text.

Canon and fanon

300

This term refers to the idea a person wants to communicate.

Signified

300

Both MLA and APA in-text citations contain the last name of the author and the page number, but APA also includes this. 

The year of publication

400

This two-worded term refers to a text that a researcher creates. It involves a citation page with added sentences that describe each source and how the source can be useful for their research.

Annotated bibliography

400

This fallacy has many different names. It refers to someone claiming that only two, usually extreme, options are available. A common example is: "You're either with me or against me."

Either/or fallacy, black and white fallacy, false dichotomy, or false dilemma

400

This fan behavior happens when dedicate fans fear losing their connection to the text or person they love, so they restrict the inclusion of new members. 

Gatekeeping 

400

This refers to the sound image used to identify an idea.

Signifier

400

The following is an example of what formatting style:

Niehaus (1999) revealed that children first learn loyalty from siblings, not parental figures (p. 157).

APA style

500

This two-worded term refers to a source that is the original text. Examples of this kind of source are comic books, movies, interviews, and speeches.

Primary source

500

This fallacy refers to attacking a person's character rather than their actual argument. It is often used in political campaigns. 

Ad hominin 

500

This two-worded term refers to the collection of knowledge, merchandise, and/or expertise within a fandom. It is used to create a hierarchy within the fandom.

Cultural capital or social capital

500

In "The Death of the Author," Barthes claims that instead of looking to the author who "is thought to nourish the book," readers should look to "the modern __________ [who] is born simultaneously with the text" (145). 

Scriptor

500

The following is an example of what formatting style:

Drollinger, T., Comer, L. B., & Warrington, P. T. 

       (2006).Development and validation of the 

       active empathetic listening scale. 

       Psychology & Marketing, 23(2), 161-180.

       https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.20105

APA style

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