MLA
Writing Process
Rhetorical Situation
Academics vs the Public
Genre Wars
100

This is a list of sources that have been used in a preceding essay.

What is the Works Cited page?

100

Getting feedback from a potential reader happens during this stage of the writing process.

What is peer review?

100

The group of people a writer is trying to reach.

Who is the audience?

100

These readers expect to see a full list of citations at the end of an essay.

What is an academic audience?

100
The main purpose of this genre is to tell a story.

What is narrative?

200

Paragraphs start with it.

What is a 1/2 inch indentation?

200
My peer reviewers didn't understand my main argument at all.  I guess I have a lot of this to do.

What is revision?

200

The writer’s goal or intended outcome.

What is the purpose?

200

Readers for an article published in the New York Times.

Who are the general public?

200
This genre analyzes how and why a text succeeds or fails in achieving its intended message.

What is rhetorical analysis?

300

(Smith 50). - appearing after a quote.

What is an in-text citation?

300
If I'm creating an outline, I'm in this phase of the writing process.
What is prewriting?
300

The form or type of writing (e.g., essay, report, speech).

What is the genre?

300

Technical jargon that is undefined is a sure sign of this target audience.

Who are academic readers?

300

This genre of writing involves capturing key main points of a text into a shorter form than the original.  It can stand on its own and be integrated into other genres too.

What is a summary?

400

MLA is an acronym for this.

What is Modern Language Association?

400
Writing the first version of an essay.

What is drafting?

400

The reason or problem that motivates the writing.

What is the exigence?

400

Pictures, color, memes, oh boy!  This article can't be written with this audience in mind.

Who is an academic audience?

400

These vertically displayed short form videos are optimized for quick consumption.

What are tik tok videos?

500

This information appears to the left of the page number header.

What is the writer's last name?

500

Correcting grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.

What is editing?

500

The circumstances or setting surrounding the text.

What is the context?

500
When the purpose of an article is to provide general information, the intended audience will almost always be these kinds of readers.

Who are members of the public?

500

This genre requires you to support a clear stance with reasons and evidence while also formatting the text using a formal style guide like MLA or APA. 

What is an academic argument?