This is the number of levels of style that there are, according to the classical model.
What is 3?
100
In playing this game, some players die of snake bite or dysentery. Others hoard bacon. Some just shoot bears.
What is Oregon Trail?
100
This rhetorical appeal relies on establishing an emotional connection with the audience.
What is pathos?
100
This is the name of Stanford's online catalog that searches the holdings of its many libraries including BOOKS, FILMS, and VIDEO GAME TITLES.
What is searchworks?
100
This game theorist coined the term "procedural rhetoric" and also wrote about theories of advergaming.
Who is Ian Bogost?
200
If you were reading a theoretical article in an academic journal, it would most likely be written in this style.
What is high style?
200
When you play this game, the goal is to solve math equations quickly -- and sometimes to evade killer robots.
What is Math Blasters?
200
This rhetorical appeal relates the credibility or trustworthiness of an author or argument.
What is ethos?
200
To search for a particular ARTICLE title, you would use this type of search engine through the Stanford library system.
What are the academic databases? (xsearch is also acceptable)
200
This game theorist thinks that in some cases educational games are like a Spinach Sunday.
Who is Henry Jenkins?
300
If you were reading a funny, casual blog post by a gamer, it most likely would be written in this style or level of decorum.
What is low or plain style?
300
You "played" this game in class, though it's really not a game; it's a parallel world.
What is Second Life?
300
This rhetorical element uses fact and reason to argue a position.
What is logos?
300
This is the number of places where you can check out books at Green library to take them home with you.
What is 2 (the main circulation desk, and the west wing exit)?
300
What writer thinks that gaming can save the world?
Who is Jane McGonigal?
400
This is the name of the guest PWR instructor who taught you about levels of style.
Who is Alyssa O'Brien?
400
This game tries to teach you Rhetoric through a role-play or puzzle format.
What is Rhetorical Peaks?
400
When you assess this element, you are assessing how the relationship between the audience, text, and author influences the construction and persuasiveness of an argument.
What is the rhetorical situation?
400
This is the name of the scariest, dungeon-like part of Green Library, which houses older materials, like back-issues of Wired magazine.
What are the south stacks?
400
This journal is linked through our research guide and contains numerous academically rigorous articles on game theory and game play.
What is Game Studies?
500
This is the term for levels of style.
What is decorum?
500
This is the name of the game had Christine played right before the start of Spring quarter that she couldn't stop talking about.
What is Bioshock?
500
When you assess this element, you are assessing how the relationship between the audience, text, and author influences the construction and persuasiveness of an argument.
What is the Rhetorical Situation?
500
This is the name of the room on top of Green Library that has the best views of campus.
What is the Bender Room?
500
This author writes about the Casual Revolution and the rise of casual gaming.