Sources
She's the author of Bird by Bird and other commercially successful texts that help students learn to write.
Who is Anne Lamott?
When someone takes someone else's work and presents it as their own.
What is plagiarism?
The definition of Rhetorical Analysis
What is "examining how a speaker or an author creates an argument to convince an audience"?
Becky's friend Anna took the same class last semester, so Becky takes Anna's old paper, changes the header, and turns it in as her own work. This is the Core Value she violated.
What is Core Value 5? (Writing comes with ethical responsibility)
This is a technique used to understand and engage with a source. This technique goes beyond just skimming but requires the reader to think and ask questions about the text as they go along.
What is critical or close reading?
True or False:
In APA formatting, you don't need to cite when you're paraphrasing from a source.
Real, real false.
These are the three rhetorical appeals a speaker or author uses to try to persuade an audience
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
Becky wrote her first draft, but after sitting down with her professor, Becky realized that she completely misunderstood the main arguments of her sources. Becky starts to reread the sources and rewrites her essay. Which Core Values is Becky using?
What are CV I (recursive process) and CV 2 (critical reading)?
In her article, "Reading Games," Rosenberg's main thesis can be boiled down to a short sentence.
What is "read smarter, not harder"?
Name the three parts of a quote sandwich.
What are the signal phrase, quote, and explanation?
A sleepy parent says to his kids, "I'm your father so you should listen to me. Please kids. I'm tired." This is an example of which two rhetorical appeals?
What are ethos and pathos?
In her essay, Becky said, "I'm not biased and I know nothing I watch is biased either because all my sources are written by people I know personally." Which Core Value does Becky need to consider further?
What is Core Value 4 (Information literacy)?
Name two possible differences between a popular source and a scholarly source.
Possible answers:
Scholarly sources are peer-reviewed and have an academic audience.
What is missing from the following APA in-text citation?
In her article, Professor Smith argues, "Students need more time to relax" (p. 19).
What is the publication date?
Name three other techniques an author or speaker may use to persuade an audience.
Possible answers:
-Counterarguments
-Anecdotes
-Language
These are the three components of a rhetorical situation.
What are audience, purpose, and context? (CV3)
Name three red flags that suggest an online source isn't credible.
Possible answer:
-No author or author doesn't have any credentials
-Not secure website
-Content has grammatical errors or misinformation
Which website did Professor Jones recommend visiting for any citation questions or concerns?
What is Purdue Owl?
What is a rhetorical situation? What is an example of a rhetorical situation?
Whenever a speaker/author is trying to persuade an audience of something. Pretty much everything--commercials, TV shows, tweets, giving speeches, etc.
Explain 3 out of 5 of the Core Values in your own words.
Various possible answers