MLA Formatting
The font used in MLA formatting.
What is 12 point Times New Roman?
This creates an emotional connection with the audience. It is important to know your audience to use this well.
What is Pathos?
The opposite of Hyperbole.
What is an Understatement?
In this canon you come up with your main points and arguments.
What is Inventio?
This goes at the very end of the essay and includes important information about your citations.
What is a Works Cited Page?
This is the Greek word for 'character'. An example of this is, "My wife is a mental health therapist and she talks about people coming from places with a lot of gun violence."
What is Ethos?
When someone uses this device, they might say "I had to redo my eyeliner a million times!"
What is Hyperbole?
An example of this canon is, "A student uses effective hand gestures and pauses in their speech."
What is Pronuntiatio?
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What is Actio?
This goes in the UPPER RIGHT corner of your page.
What is your last name followed by the page number?
If your premises are true, then your conclusion is true.
What is Logos?
This is the repetition of a word or phrase at the END of successive clauses or sentences or lines of poetry.
What is Epistrophe?
This canon literally means "to speak eloquently" and is used to come up with the actual words of the essay or speech.
What is Elocutio?
This canon was renamed 'Organazitio' by Preston.
What is Dispositio?