Anatomy of an Essay
The last paragraph of an essay
What is the conclusion?
Name the citation style College Writing uses
What is MLA?
Two complete sentences separated by a comma
What is a comma splice?
The place in an essay where a central claim is located
What is at the end of the introduction?
The name of the sports teams at FDU
Who are the Devils
The main argument or position taken in an essay
What is a thesis statement?
The proper MLA style for a period in a quote
What is inside the quotation marks?
The type of noun that is always capitalized when used
What is a proper noun?
When writing an essay, the name of the process of making sure the paragraphs are in order
What is Organization?
The name of the large, ornate building that is home to many of the administrative offices at FDU
What is The Mansion?
The first sentence of a paragraph that discusses the main ideas
What is a topic sentence?
The number of times the name of an article is used in an essay when citing in-text
What is once?
The appeal to a sense of urgency or time
What is Kairos?
Putting material you have read from an author in your own words and sentence structures
What is paraphrasing?
The name of the building that the library is in
What is Monninger?
The outside sources that prove your claims in an essay
What is evidence?
What is the abbreviation et al. mean?
What is and others?
The art of using persuasive language to convince an audience
What is rhetoric?
Looking at your essay using peer and instructor feedback to make sure your draft is clear and effective
What is revision?
The names of two of the other campuses part of FDU (not including Florham Park)
What are Wroxton, Vancouver, or Metro?
The explanation given at the end of a quote that adds more insight to your claims
What is analysis?
The line that starts the indentation on an entry in the Works Cited page?
The second line
What is the name for the audience, the purpose, the argument, the genre, and the context of a text?
The rhetorical situation
The act of finding sources and articles that you can use in an essay for evidence
What is research?
The name of the new president of the university
Who is Michael Aveltroni?