An example of this is, "Which is why we believe the proposed amendments should be passed."
What is a(an) fragment/incomplete sentence?
100
the purpose of this rhetorical mode is to re-create, invent, or visually present a story, person, place, event, or action so that the reader can form a picture
What is description/narration?
100
It is important to consider this in order to understand the background, including, time, place, etc. in order to gain insight about an author's motivations, etc. for writing a particular text.
What is context?
100
ex. "Throwing 'like a girl' "
What is hasty generalization (or, sexism)?
200
An appeal to a reader's sense of logic.
What is logos?
200
This is what you need to do within the body of your essay in order to avoid plagiarism
What is MLA in-text citation?
200
This Rhetorical Modes is used to explain/describe how to do something or how something works; helps readers perform the steps themselves.
What is Process Analysis?
200
This is what a writer/speaker must consider in order to best be able to pick out a particular classical appeal (and this can change according to age, location, culture, beliefs, etc.)
What is audience?
200
“If you don’t stop smoking cigarettes, then you are going to start shooting heroin.”
What is slippery slope/camel's nose?
300
Repetition of a sentence pattern or of other grammatical structures for emphasis. ex., "New roads; new ruts,"
(G. K. Chesterton).
What is parallelism?
300
An example of this kind of error is, "Isabella is very beautiful, she has a kind personality."
What is run-on/comma splice?
300
This Rhetorical Mode is used to analyze or look at similarities and differences; it helps the reader make a decision
What is Compare/Contrast?
300
This is what a writer/speaker is trying to convey to the audience.
What is subject/message?
300
ex.
Senator Jill: "We'll have to cut education funding this year."
Senator Bill: "Why?"
Senator Jill: "Well, either we cut the social programs or we live with a huge deficit and we can't live with the deficit."
What is false dichotomy/dilemma?
400
A strategic reference to a popular/well-known book, song, etc., such as the Bible or Greek Mythology.
What is allusion?
400
An example of this kind of error is, "Its a cold day in October."
What is an apostrophe error?
400
This Rhetorical Mode is used to write about meaningful relationships between events and their results; Presents information in an effective order; and show a chain of connected events, each the logical result of the one before it.
What is Cause/Effect?
400
This is the purpose of analysis after evidence.
What is tying back to thesis/explaining how the evidence proves your thesis?
400
ex. "I had been doing pretty poorly this season. Then my girlfriend gave me this neon laces for my spikes and I won my next three races. Those laces must be good luck...if I keep on wearing them I can't help but win!"
What is false causality/post hoc?
500
An appeal to your own credibility as a writer.
What is ethos?
500
An example of this kind of error is, "The dirty dishes sitting in the kitchen sink needs to be washed."
What is subject-verb disagreement?
500
In this Rhetorical Mode writers convince others by presenting solid, supported positions on an issue; writers also consider opposing views to validate their opinions
What is Argument/Persuasion?
500
What you analyze about a text when you notice the ways in which an author moves from doing on particular task to another (different purposes in different paragraphs).
What is shift in development?
500
ex.
Bill: "I believe that abortion is morally wrong."
Dave: "Of course you would say that, you're a priest."