Rhetorical Analysis
A rhetorical analysis concerns:
A) What the argument is.
B) The content of the text.
C) How an argument is made.
C
Name the title of one reading from the AI unit.
"Ghosts"
"Confessions of a Viral AI Writer"
"What if We're All Self-Playing Harps?"
This font and size are required for correct MLA formatting.
Times New Roman, 12 pt.
This sentence introduces an essay's argument, clearly stating the writer's position/stance on a topic.
Thesis statement
3%
This is what we call the intended reader or recipient of a given text.
Audience
"How I Spent My Plague Year Inside a Video Game" describes the author's experience playing this video game.
Fallout 76
This goes in the top right-hand corner of each page.
Last name and page number
Name two stages of the writing process.
Discovery, brainstorming, planning, invention, drafting, revision, editing
Per the syllabus, the Recast assignment is worth this percentage of your overall grade.
15%
Define "EXIGENCE"
The issue, event, or situation that prompts the writing of a text; the situation a text responds to.
What was the title of the first reading we did for this class?
"How to Become a Writer" by Lorrie Moore
"I Remember" by Joe Brainard
This type of indentation is used in the Works Cited page / annotated bibliography.
Hanging indent
"Mind mapping" is an example of this part of the writing process
Brainstorming, prewriting, discovery
What is Bryce's email address?
woodcobe@ucmail.uc.edu
Describe the difference between genre and medium.
Genre is the format or style in which a text is written; medium is the physical form.
"Ghosts" is an example of this genre.
Creative Nonfiction (experimental / personal essay)
According to MLA guidelines, which of these in-text citations is correct?
A. (DuBois 23).
B. (DuBois, 23).
C. (DuBois 23.)
D. (DuBois, 23.)
A
This stage of the writing process comes directly the after drafting stage.
Revising
the ability to read and write.
competence or knowledge in a specified area.
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing is called this.
Rhetoric
What type of harp does Oscar Schwartz talk about in his essay "What If We're All Self-Playing Harps"?
Eolian Harp
This is the most common formatting error in student papers.
Incorrect or absent indentation on the Works Cited page.
This process involves putting a passage from source material into your own words, slightly condensed.
Paraphrasing
This is the title of the website that hosts the course textbook.
Tophat