Rhetorical Situation
Essay, short story, and novel are examples of this element of the rhetorical situation.
What is genre?
These two things appear in the header of every MLA paper.
What are the student's last name and the page number?
Surprisingly, this does NOT appear on the APA tile page.
What is the date of your paper?
Both MLA and APA style require this at the beginning of the paper.
What is a title?
This formula can be used to design a basic thesis statement.
What is T+P+R?
You have to adjust your writing to anticipate the knowledge and needs for this.
An MLA style name box includes the student's name, the date, the class identification, and this.
What is the instructor's name?
This phrase appears at the top of the paper, but only on the APA title page.
What is "Running head"?
This summarizes the arguable claim and evidence that you will make in your paper.
This is a model for effectively integrating an outside source into a paper, but hold the lettuce.
What is the quote sandwich?
You use your tone to moderate this, you actual thoughts and feelings on your topic.
What is your stance?
An MLA in-text citation is also called this because it uses a particular type of punctuation mark.
What is a parenthetical citation (the citation surrounded by parentheses)?
An APA in-text citation includes the author's last name, page number, and this.
What is the year of the source's publication?
This usually appears at the start of each paragraph; every paragraph needs one.
What is a topic sentence?
If you recycle a paper from another class, you're guilty of this type of academic dishonesty.
What is cheating.
Most of the time, this part of the rhetorical situation will be dictated by your teacher. Writing a paper in MLA style is one example.
What is media/design?
Unlike APA, MLA style does not require a separate one of these.
What is a title page?
This summary of the paper appears immediately after the APA title page.
What is the abstract?
This summarizes the key claims of your paper and typical includes a strong closing thought.
What is a conclusion paragraph?
If you let a friend "borrow" your essay to use in another class, you've committed this type of academic dishonesty.
What is aiding and abetting?
This Greek philosopher was the first to describe the rhetorical situation.
Who is Aristotle?
In MLA, the bibliography page is called this.
What is "Works Cited"?
APA style is used mostly for this type of writing.
What is scientific research?
These words and phrases connect sentences and paragraphs together, making your paper cohesive.
What are transitions?
The VCCS requires this many pages of formal writing for ENG111.
What is 12?