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Rhetorical Appeals
Essay Basics
Grammar Errors
What are these?
The Most...
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Keeping dolphins in zoos is inhumane. To a dolphin, a pool is a cage.
What is pathos?
100
A short statement that summarizes the main point of an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
100
This is a very common error made by student writers, they put a comma in between two independent clauses.
What is a comma splice?
100
Catalan, Pashto, Farsi, Urdu, Haitian Creole
What are languages?
100
The most common last name in the United States.
What is Smith?
200
Eating meat is not cruel or unethical; it is a natural part of the cycle of life. Archaeological evidence shows that humans have been eating meat for at least 2.3 million years.
What is logos?
200
A sentence that expresses the main idea or point of a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
200
Sometimes students put so many ideas into one sentence that it can be hard to read a period or semicolon could solve the problem.
What is a run-on sentence? (Or what is a fused sentence?)
200
Chow chow, Borzoi, Bichon Frise, Basenji, Shih Tzu
What are breeds of dog?
200
The most viewed YouTube video of all time.
What is "Gangnam Style"?
300
Vaccinations should be mandatory for all children. According to a 2003 report by researchers at the Pediatric Academic Society, childhood vaccinations in the US prevent about 10.5 million cases of infectious illness and 33,000 deaths per year.
What is ethos? What is logos? What is pathos?
300
An act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.
What is plagiarism?
300
Another mistake.
What is a sentence fragment?
300
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec
What are Canadian provinces?
300
Country with the most people in prison.
What is the United States?
400
Animal testing should be abolished. Animals are very different from human beings and therefore make poor test subjects. The anatomic, metabolic, and cellular differences between animals and people make animals poor models for human beings.
What is logos?
400
Using these allows the reader to flow more smoothly from one point to the next.
What are transitions? (Transitional words and phrases)
400
After an introductory phrase you need to use this punctuation before continuing the sentence.
What is a comma?
400
Wiggly Puff, Jiggly Puff, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Pichu
What are Pokemon?
400
Believed to be the most popular name in the world.
What is Muhammad/Mohammed/Mohammad?
500
Abortion should be legalized worldwide to protect the lives of women. "Back-alley" abortions cause 68,000 maternal deaths each year in the 33 countries where abortion is not legal.
What is logos? What is pathos?
500
Three qualities of an effective thesis statement.
What is: clear, specific, & concise?
500
When teachers see this kind of error, they believed the student didn't proofread.
What is a verb tense shift?
500
Asp, puff adder, cotton mouth, copperhead, fer de lance
What are snakes?
500
Besides water, the most widely consumed beverage in the world.
What is tea?