MLA Formatting
Rhetorical Appeals
Logical Fallacies
Grammar
Writing Terminology
100

What is listed with the page number in the header of an MLA formatted paper?  

Last name

100

This appeal relates to audience--the presumed shared values of the audience.  

Pathos

100

This fallacy is the misrepresentation of another's argument so that it may be countered easily.  

Strawman

100

Where does the apostrophe go in the following phrase?

"Zeuss collar"

Zeus's collar

100

What is the central claim of an argumentative essay called?

Thesis

200

How many lines constitute the necessity of a block quote?  

four

200

This appeal deals with the text--the structure and content of the text.

Logos

200

This fallacy attempts to validate an action because it is popular, or others are complicit.

Bandwagon

200

Where does the apostrophe go in the following phrase?  

"My parents home" (two parents)

My parents' home

200

When one betrays a predilection towards a topic, it could be referred to as?

Bias

300

How are Works Cited page entries listed?   

Alphabetically

300

This appeal is associated with the author's credibility.  

Ethos

300

An attack on personal character

Ad hominem

300

Where do the commas go in the following statement?

"I went to the store for chicken tomatoes green beans and salsa."

I went to the store for chicken, tomatoes, green beans, and salsa.

300

Scholarly articles undergo what process to verify that the material is legit, substantive, and accurate?  

Peer review

400

If there is not an author's name listed on the Works Cited page, what is used for parenthetic citations?  

The first few words of the Works Cited entry.

400

By bringing in statistics from credible outside sources, an author establishes which two rhetorical appeals?

Logos and ethos

400

This fallacy assumes similarity in comparison.

False analogy

400

Punctuate the following:

I don't want to go away I have to stay

I don't want to go away; I have to stay.

I don't want to go away.  I have to stay.  

400

Countering an opposition's claim is referred to as?

Refutation

500

Parenthetically cite this quote from Gerard Jones's article:  That's when I started the research.   


"That's when I started the research" (Jones).  

500

The three rhetorical appeals are logos, pathos, and ethos.  Name three other rhetorical strategies/considerations.

Author, purpose, audience, question, context

500

Name the fallacy being committed in the following statement:

"My neighbor is a vegan and guilt trips me for eating meat, so all vegans will guilt trip meat eaters." 

Fallacy of Composition:  Assuming what is true in part is applicable to the whole.

500

What part of speech must precede the colon if what follows the colon is a list?

Noun

500

Do not mistake correlation for?

Causality