Appeals
Appeals from character, someone who has good judgement and someone who is both knowledgeable and trustworthy
Leaving your mark on the page, taking notes, highlighting/underlining text
What is annotation?
Assertions that authors must justify and support with evidence and good reasons
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What are Rin's office hours?
Appeals to readers' emotions, beliefs, and values
What is pathos?
Something that prompts an author to write; something that calls for a response in writing
What is a "situation"?
Controlling idea that crystallizes a writer's main point, helping readers track the idea as it develops throughout the essay
What is "thesis" or "main claim"?
First floor of the library towards the back
What is "Writers' Center location"?
Appeals to reason
What is logos?
What a writer wants to achieve with their work. For example: to educate readers, to build upon or extend others' ideas, to fill a gap in conversation about an issue, or to correct a misunderstanding.
What is "purpose"?
Claims that seek to define or classify something or establish that a problem or condition has existed, exists, or will exist.
What are "claims of fact"?
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What is "Career Center location"?
A time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action : the opportune and decisive moment
What is kairos?
The readers whose opinions and actions the writer hopes to influence or change.
What is an audience?
A claim that expresses an evaluation of a problem or condition that has existed, exists, or will exist. Is a condition good or bad? Is it important or inconsequential?
What is a "claim of value"?
Where Rin is from
What is Ohio?
Available means of persuasion
What is rhetoric?
Types of writing. Example: persuasive, informative, entertaining.
An argument for what should be the case, that a condition should exist. It is a call for change or a solution to a problem.
What is a "claim of policy"?
Rin's favorite holiday
What is Valentine's Day?