Rhetoric
We understand rhetoric today by this simplified definition...
What is the art of persuasion?
Philosophers debate about the correct structure for organizing living things according to their "worth" or "value." For example, medical science may suggest that for the sake of promoting human life, the loss of 100 monkeys is unfathomable, while the loss of only 10 is regrettable.
This quantifiable scale is referred to as an issue of "____ ____."
What is moral status?
College level essays of the highest caliber should contain paragraphs of what length?
What is 8-15 sentences?
This word is also referred to as a conversation which may transcend documents and subjects over time.
What is discourse?
When an author purposefully adheres to the expectations of a specific genre, he or she works within the genre _______.
What are genre conventions?
A citation that is included inside the main body of an essay is called...
Answer: "What is a ____ ____?"
What is a parenthetical citation?
If an author seeks out quotes from an expert on their subject and implements those quotes in their argument, which appeal are they most likely employing?
What is ethos?
Who is Alexander the Great?
To begin any type of writing project, an author must understand how to construct a variety of sentence clauses and conjunctions, including independent and dependent clauses. What is another term for a dependent clause?
What is a subordinate clause?
The sense of inspiration to generate any kind of media, but especially writing, is called ____.
What is exigence?
A body of writing is limited in that an essay developed based on mere ______ ______ may result in surface-level research depth or a poor 2-sided depth of argument.
What is binary thinking?
In an MLA document, the header at the top right of every page should include what 2 things?
Speak your answer as "What is ___ and ____?"
What is (author's) last name and the page numbers?
When an author employs 2 or more voices from discourse and stitches them into their own argument, it is called___.
What is synthesis?
Aristotle, the father of logical argument, also applied logic to storytelling. He broke the typical orated or written story into 3 parts. What were they?
Answer: "What are ____, ____, and ____?"
What are beginning, middle, and end?
If an author makes a claim that he or she believes to be true, yet cannot prove with evidence for that claim, the author has likely written a ______.
What is a fallacy?
This type of phrase will never contain the subject of a sentence.
What is a prepositional phrase?
Claims may be used often throughout an essay, but an author should always provide _____ gleaned through thorough research.
What is evidence?
When an author composes academic writing for subjects such as English, History, Art, or Philosophy, he or she likely writes with MLA standards. An MLA Works Cited is organized in what order?
What is alphabetical?
What are rhetorical choices?
Works written about utopian/dystopian/apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic societies are often born from a kernel of truth that the author has merely stretched to its wildest, yet most plausible, conclusion. What subgenre do these stories fall into?
What is speculative fiction?
When the author pulls together a purposeful claim, it should be refined for the essay as the ____ ____.
What is the thesis statement?
The process of active reading that involves taking notes or marking the text by circling or underlining words, or even highlighting whole phrases in an intentional fashion is called...
What is annotating?
If an essay topic is capable of withstanding the rigor of intense academic research because it has plenty of input in academic discourse, it is a _____ topic.
What is viable?
Rather than numbering sources in the Works Cited list of an MLA formatted essay, an author should use what kind of indentation style instead?
Answer: "What is a ____ ____?"
What is a hanging indent?
Consuming media for the sake of digesting its purpose, tone, bias, etc. is known as ____ ____.
What is critical reading?
2 part answer! Using the quote below, name the title AND author.
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!
What is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens?
When an author has preemptively decided on an audience, they may tailor their writing to accommodate the opinions of the ____ ____.
Who is the ideal reader?
When language is commonly used a specific region's speech, such as phrases, idioms, or fallacies, that are often excluded from formal writing standards, these examples of language are known as _______.
What are colloquialisms?
The framework in which an argument is set and developed, including audience characteristics, opposition, evidence, relevance of the topic, and available discourse for research, is called the___ ___.
What is the rhetorical situation?
Answer: "What are ___, ____, ____, and ____?"
What are name, class, instructor, and date?
Aristotle preferred to generate persuasion through logic and reasoning alone; however, he recognized that not all audiences would be sophisticated enough to follow arguments based on appeals to logos alone.
What are the other 2 appeals (or means of persuasion) that Aristotle learned to lean on?
What are ethos and pathos?
Medical science and folklore once supported the theory that tuberculosis, a disease of the lungs that attacks the body bit by bit, came from supernatural origins.
"Consumption" as it was known, became popularly attributed to which supernatural monster?
Answer: "What are ____?"
What are vampires?
One of the most effective forms of prewriting in a genre unfamiliar to the author is a strategy called ____.
What is scaffolding?
A long-form text comprised of multiple short pieces such as diary entries, letters, logs, records, etc. is better known as an ______ text.
Answer: What is ______?
What is epistolary?
If an author introduces an opposing viewpoint in their essay, there are 3 different ways that opposition can be addressed.
What are the author's 3 options for rebuttal in an argumentative essay?
What are, accommodate, concede, or refute?
(no specific order is necessary, so long as the spokesperson says all 3)
Answer: "What are ______ or _____?"
What are Times New Roman or Arial?