Sources
Argumentative Writing
Cleveland State University
Rhetorical Appeals
MLA
100

A peer-reviewed collection of written works, often of a specific subject, that is published periodically.

What is an academic journal?

100

What you are trying to convince your reader to believe.

What is a claim?

100

The student dormitories.

What are Euclid Commons, Landstrom, The Edge?

100

The three main rhetorical appeals.

What is ethos, pathos, and logos?

100

The punctuation used around in-text citations

What are parenthesis?

200

The name of the system used to cite sources in this class.

What is MLA?

200

What you use to prove your claim.

What is evidence?

200

What Berkman Hall used to be called.

What is Main Classroom?

200

The rhetorical appeal related to time.

What is Chairos?

200

Page at the end of an essay containing the sources.

What is a works cited page?

300

A collection of written work such as In Practice: A Reader for Writers.

What is an anthology?

300

How you use opposing arguments to make your own argument stronger.

What is a counter-claim?

300

The year that CSU was founded.

When is 1964?

300

An example is "Name rhetorical appeal used: If we don't feed the puppy, it will die!"

What is Pathos?

300

Included in the in-text citation

What are authors last name and page number?

400

A general name given to sources that are acceptable for use in academic writing.

What are academic sources?

400

The name for smaller claims under your overarching claim/thesis.

What are subclaims?

400

The western-most building belonging to CSU.

What is the CSU art building?

400

An example is "Now for a limited time!"

What is Chairos?

400

The in-order components of an MLA heading.

What are authors name, professors name, class name, and submission date?

500

A general name given to sources that are not appropriate for most academic writing, but are accessible and geared for the general public.

What are popular sources?
500
The name for how you connect your evidence to your claim.

What are warrants?

500

The name of the main performance hall in the school of music.

What is Waetjen Auditorium?

500

Every time a person uses language, they are not simply communicating information, but also committing an act, and those acts have a specific purpose for the person speaking and an intended effect on the audience to whom they are communicating.

What is Speech Act Theory?

500

Way to differentiate title for a book on the page of references.

What is italics?