Rhetoric
This rhetorical appeal refers to appealing to an audience's sense of logic.
Logos
This paragraph comes at the start of the essay. It gets the reader interested, provides context, and reveals the main point of the essay.
Introduction
These two pieces of information are needed for MLA in-text citations.
Author’s name and page number
The act of generating possible ideas for an essay. Few, some, or all ideas may be used.
Brainstorming
This theory refers to reviewing the representation of women in a text and the affect of that representation.
Feminist theory or feminism
This Greek term refers to the kind of rhetorical appeal used in film, often through music and lighting, to make the audience feel something.
Pathos
This part of the essay draws the reader in and grabs the reader's attention.
Hook or attention getter
These three pieces of information are needed for APA style in-text citations.
Author’s name, publication date, and page number
The final product. The essay is polished and ready for submission.
Final draft
This theory refers to reviewing the representation of people of color in a text and the affect of that representation.
Critical race theory
This Greek term refers to the kind of rhetorical appeal that is used in medical brochures when percentages and diagrams are used to compare the effectiveness of a procedure or drug.
Logos
This paragraph is used at the end of the essay to wrap up the writer's main points.
Conclusion
On both MLA Works Cited pages and on APA references pages, the source entries are placed in this order.
Alphabetical order
A complete essay with an introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion, but the essay needs polishing.
Rough draft
This theory refers to reviewing the representation of nature and humans' interaction with nature in a text and the affect of that representation.
Ecocriticism
This Greek term refers to the kind of rhetorical appeal that is used in a tooth paste commercial when a doctor is seen recommending the product.
Ethos
These kinds of paragraphs are located in the center of the essay, and they are used to support the thesis of the essay.
Body paragraphs
In APA this summary in given to the reader prior to the essay itself.
Abstract
An essay that is incomplete. It has some paragraphs but not all the paragraphs required.
Partial draft
This literary theory focuses on examining the mind of an author, artist, or other creator, their characters, and/or the minds of their audiences.
Psychoanalytical criticism or psychoanalysis
This ancient Grecian philosopher had a positive view of rhetoric and argued that rhetoric could be used for study and to help audiences learn.
Aristotle
This comes at the end of the introduction paragraph. It is the main point of an essay.
Thesis statement
You need to know this information before attempting to look up a Works Cited or References page citation on Purdue OWL.
Source type
The map or skeleton of an essay. This guides the writer to ensure they have a strong organization in their essay.
Outline
This kind of literary theory examines the struggle between socioeconomic class structures and the connection between power, people, and wealth.
Marxist theory or Marxism