Exam Format
The first hour of the exam
What is multiple choice?
An assertion you endeavor to prove
What is a claim?
The average number of sources you should probably use in your synthesis response
What is three?
What is a stand-alone response?
SPACECAT is an acronym that demonstrates this.
What is the rhetorical situation?
What is 45?
a statement that guides your essay, but without the key points you will develop
What is an open thesis statement?
A synthesis is actually this type of essay, but with enclosed sources
What is an argument?
Analysis is the opposite of this word.
What is synthesis?
This is what the E stands for.
What is exigence?
What are reading and writing?
The portion of classical argument that establishes the context or timeliness of the argument
What is the narration?
True or False--You can use a piece of evidence from a source to support your refutation.
What is true?
The first thing to decide on when writing a rhetorical analysis
What is the effect or impact that the writer is trying to make?
The first C--meaning what was going on at the time of the issue
What is context?
What is 55 minutes?
The portion of classical argument that lays out your claims
What is the confirmation?
Your introduction paragraph should begin with this.
What is a grabber?
word choice
What is diction?
The second C
What are choices?
The recommended time for the argument or rhetorical analysis response
What is 40 minutes?
The thesis statement should probably appear a second time here
What is the beginning of the conclusion paragraph?
You should have about this many claims.
What is three?
word order
What is syntax?
The second A, as in ethos, logos, and pathos
What are appeals?