APA 7 Citations
Avoiding Logical Fallacies
MLA 9 Citations
Rhetorical Situations
Writing Dos and Don'ts
100

In a typical in-text citation, this is the information that is needed for a source.

What is (Author, Year)?

100

This logical fallacy attacks the character of a person rather than the argument at hand.

What is the ad hominem logical fallacy?

100

This is the order of information in which your header occurs on the left side of a document.

What is your name, Professor Seese's name, ENG 112, and the date?

100

The is the type of rhetorical situation where you use sound, logical reasoning in your arguments.

What is logos?

100

This is the name of the act of stealing other people's ideas or thoughts without citing them properly.

What is plagiarism? 

200

These are the five parts to your cover page that you MUST have after the title of your paper.

What are: Name, Name of College/Department, Name of Course, Name of Instructor, and Date?

200

This logical fallacy occurs when data is misinterpreted or manipulated for a particular bias.

What is the misuse of statistics logical fallacy?

200

These are the two must have elements to include when introducing a source for the first time BEFORE a parenthetical citation.

What are the author(s), and the title of the work?

200

This is the type of rhetorical situation where emotional manipulation (either positive or negative) is used to bring out an emotional reaction of a reader.

What is pathos?

200

This is the name of a popular AI program that thinks it can write great composition essays for you. (Do NOT do this, or I will be sad.)

What is ChatGPT? (Or Gemini, Claude, etc...)

300

This is the abbreviation that you use when a date is not mentioned in a source. 

What is n.d.?

300

This logical fallacy occurs when someone presents two very extreme options as the only viable options to solve a problem.

What is the either/or logical fallacy?

300

This is the type of quote that needs to stand on its own when it is five or more lines long.

What is a block quote?

300

This is the type of rhetorical situation where people put the beliefs of their practices into action.

What is ethos?

300

This is the ad free website (that Professor Seese recommends) to compose your citations for your essays.

What is ZoteroBib?

400

This is the order of elements in a reference list entry for a journal article.

What is Author, A.A. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), page numbers?

400

This logical fallacy occurs when a conclusion does not follow realistically/logically from its premises.

What is the non-sequitur logical fallacy?

400

This is what to include in the parenthetical citation when there are no specific page numbers in a source.

What is the title/keywords of the title of the source?

400

This is the type of rhetorical situation where the surrounding climate influences an argument from someone.

What is kairos?

400

These are the two required parts when you submit your essays to me via Blackboard.

What is a Google Doc link and a hardcopy of a Microsoft Word document?

500

This is the rule for citing personal communications, like emails or interviews.

What is they are cited in-text only, and not included in the reference list?

500

This is the interactive website that shows different kinds of mainstream news outlets and its particular biases on an interactive chart.

What is the Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart?

500

This is the order of elements for a Works Cited entry for a journal article.

What is author(s), name of source (quotation marks, name of journal book (in italics), volume #, issue #, date (day month year), DOI or year.

500

This is the type of rhetorical situation where there is a stalemate of opinion in a debate.

What is stasis? 

500

This is the due date of the Larger Argument Synthesis (LAS) essay.

What is May 5th by 5:00 P.M.?