Writing Process
Genres
Rhetorical Situation
Rhetorical Appeals
Miscellaneous
100

Coming up with ideas.

What is brainstorming?

100

The method or means of delivering a message; can apply to any/all genres.

What is Medium?

100

The speaker of a message.

Who is the author?

100

The credibility of the author.

What is ethos?

100

Standards used to evaluate texts.

What are criteria?

200
Actually writing the essay.

What is drafting?

200

A genre of writing focused on telling a story.

What is Narrative?

200

Includes a specific argument, medium, and genre.

What is the message?

200

The appeal to the audience's emotions.

What is pathos?

200
A statement, usually found in the introduction, that clearly states the main argument of a text.

What is a thesis statement?

300
Giving and receiving feedback on writing.

What is Peer Review?

300

A genre of writing focused on a written portrait of a person, place, or thing

What is Profile?

300

The recipient of the message.

Who is the audience?
300

The appeal to the audience's logic or reasoning.

What is logos?

300
A style of writing that uses non-literal language; examples: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, etc.

What is figurative language?

400

Restructuring big ideas in a piece of writing or rewriting sections.

What is revision?

400

A genre of writing focused on breaking down how and why something works.

What is Analysis?

400

The exigence (or the "what happened") of a message.

What is the context?

400

The appeal to the timeliness of the message.

What is kairos?

400

The author's opinion on a subject, which can be different from the main argument of a message.

What is stance?

500

Fixing grammar, formatting, and other technical errors.

What is editing?

500
A genre of writing focused on whether something is good or bad, based on criteria.

What is Evaluation?

500

The intended outcome(s) or goal(s) of a message.

What is the purpose?

500

Pseudoproofs, or faulty proofs/evidence.

What are fallacies?

500

A specific way of speaking, either based on your own background or on the background(s) of your audience.

What is register / voice?