Citation
The Writing Process
Arguing 101
Literary and Film Analysis 101
Misc.
100

Modern Language Association

What does MLA stand for?
100

At the ending of the intro paragraph.

Where is the thesis located in a paper?

100
Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos

What are the persuasive appeals?

100

Internal conflict

What is the type of conflict that takes place within an individual, such as when a character is torn between duty to his family and duty to the state?

100

Captain Jack Sparrow's key catch-phrase in all the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

What is Savvy?

200

Your own thoughts and common knowledge.

What does not need to be cited in an academic paper?

200

The step of the writing process that involves planning and plotting out the basic structure of the piece.

What is outlining?

200

Claim + Reasoning

What is the formula for a persuasive thesis statement?

200

Objective reading

What is paying attention to the character, plot, setting, theme, diction, and syntax when you read a story and using these elements to analyze that story?

200

The horror film series features a murderous doll possessed by a serial killer, who goes on a murderous rampage

What is Child's Play?

300
Website, book title, journal title, magazine title, movie

What is an example of a container (elements that should be italicized)?

300

The step of the writing process that involves minor changes such as grammar and sentence structure?

What is editing?

300

The first element of starting a persuasive essay

What is beginning with an issue-based question?

300

Subjective reading

What is paying attention to the feelings a story gives you when you read it?

300

The real name of the creature Gollum from the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, which is revealed by Frodo in the Two Towers movie.

Who is Sméagol?

400

According to Dr. Jones, "wild cats eat birds" (3). 

The only problem is that "wild cats eat birds" (Jones 3).

What is an in-text citation? 

Also accepting: What is a direct quotation?

400

The step of the writing process that involves major changes such as adding new content, ideas, and sources?

What is revision?
400

The 3 MAIN elements that make up a rhetorical situation (rhetorical triangle)

What is audience, message/purpose, and writer/rhetor?

400

A sound, word, or image that bears physical resemblance to the signified.

What is an icon?

400

The first Walt Disney animated classic, the first animated full-color movie to be produced.

What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?

500
Franklin Smith once said, "..." (qtd. in Hill 3). 

What is how to cite an indirect quote?

500

1. Survey the text in advance. 

2. Form questions before you start reading. 

3. Read the text, and filter the information according to the guiding questions. 

4. Recite and/or record important points during and after reading. 

5. Review and reflect on the text after you read.

What is the SQ3R strategy for reading?

500

The 3 core elements of a persuasive paragraph and effective argument

What is claim, reasoning, and evidence?
500

The physical forms of a sign, sound, word, or image.

What is a signifier?

The signified is the concept to which the signifier refers.

500

The Coen Brothers cult classic film, featuring the principal character hanging out at a bowling alley all the time but the character never actually bowls?

What is The Big Lebowski?