I Don't Want My Uncle's Yams
The four rhetorical concepts.
What are purpose, audience, genre, and context?
"A site of interaction, struggle, expression, and communication that can be big or small, local and/or global. It also consists of individuals who share a common interest, life circumstance, sense of belonging, or identity."
What is a community?
We used to do these things called icebreakers. Please name the icebreaker that we did the first day of class
What is Shark Tank?
In our class, unless stated otherwise, it is expressly forbidden to use this tool to do our writing for us (Hint: it rhymes with "May I").
What is AI?
The name of our class (prefix and number).
What is ENC 1101?
To inform, to entertain, to persuade, et cetera.
What is purpose?
Communities can be hybrid, which means that they manifest in two kinds of spaces. Name those spaces (synonyms work fine here).
What are physical and digital spaces?
Unless otherwise specified, all assignments need to be _____-spaced (e.g., single, double, triple, Hubba Bubble).
What is double-spaced?
There are four banned topics for the projects in our class. Please name one of them
What is one of the following: hunting, conspiracy theories, social media and mental health, or the dark web?
We've had three holiday-themed parties this semester. Please name one of them
What is either Valentine's Day or St. Patrick's Day?
A text that arises in response to recurring rhetorical situations.
What is genre?
Members of communities use writing to communicate with one another. Project Three asks us to create examples of this writing. List how many pieces of writing we need to create for Project Three.
What is three?
This element of paper formatting goes at the upper righthand of each page along with your last name.
What are page numbers?
The type of project we did (or still need to do, if you're submitting it late) for Project Two
What is a presentation?
The correct spelling of my name (spell it out letter by letter).
What is audience?
The process in which writers explain the decisions that they made while writing, why they made these decisions, and what they believe about themselves as writers.
What is reflection?
The MLA and APA terms for the part of your paper that goes at the end of an essay on a separate page.
What is the work or works cited and the references page?
We do this practice because it is the right thing to do and because it helps people find the sources that you use.
What is citing?
The day of our Easter Party.
What is today?
The circumstances surrounding the creation of a text.
What is context?
Identity-based communities come in three main types, all of which have some variation of the word "culture" in them. Name one of those three kinds of identity-based communities.
What are countercultural, subcultural, and multicultural communities?
The type of food we're going to eat together for Earth Day
What is Pub Subs?
What is plagiarism?
The regularly scheduled times of our student hours (AKA office hours)
What is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM?