Rhetorical Concepts
An appeal to the body
What is pathos?
It's the place where you can find plenty of academic sources, already paid for by your tuition
What is the library website?
It is the amount of extra spaces that should be between every heading, title, and paragraph in your essay
What is zero?
"Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art. "
Who is Aristotle?
It's something everyone has, but often believes they don't
What is bias?
What is source mining?
It is the one that is correct by MLA standards:
Mr. Hall is a "gigachad" (Hall 15).
Mr. Hall is "sus af". (Hall 420)
What is the first one?
"Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. "
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Writers consider this when deciding how best to present their information to best communicate their purpose
What is audience?
It is the "crime" one is committing by failing to properly reference sources, among other offenses
What is plagiarism?
It is the way the Works Cited page should be indented
What is reverse indentation?
"Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men"
It's the reason that a topic should be written or talked about
What is exigence?
It is the number of sources that you should have for your Research Paper
What is as many as is appropriate?
Works Cited page entries should contain three main types of information: the author, the title, and this third item (which may have more than one item in it)
What is where the source is from?
"We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. "
The level of stasis where the concern is how serious or impactful the topic of discussion is
What is quality?
In the BEAM model of the function of sources, it is the "E." B was "background," A was "Analysis," and M was "Method."
What is Exhibit?
It is the context in which you do not need to cite the author's name in an in-text citation
What is when the name already appeared in the sentence?
"The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force. "