Thesis Statements
True or False: This is a thesis statement, "We should send bigfoot to the moon because it would solve global warming, it would stop bigfoot from attacking people, and it would be kind of funny."
What is false? (Use of first person)
Is what MLA stands for.
What is Modern Language Association?
Types of writing we did in this class.
What is proposal, narrative, desciption, summary, and informative?
An appeal that is based on the credibility of the author.
What is Ethos?
The name of the teacher.
Who is Sarah Muir?
The intangible element a thesis statement can have that takes it from good to great.
What is invokes curiousity and interest?
True or false, this is correct:
"Evidence shows that Taco Bell is the best fast food restaurant in America," (Muir 213).
What is true?
The type of writing that is concerned with telling a story.
What is narrative?
An appeal that uses logic.
What is logos?
The last paper we wrote for this class.
What is the informative brief?
The word to explain there are two sides that reasonable people can disagree on.
What is debatable (or argumentative)?
True or false: An in-text citation should have as much information as possible in it.
What is false?
The type of writing that relies on objective reporting of facts, ideas, opinions.
What is informative?
An appeal that uses emotions.
What is pathos?
The day of our final.
What is December 4th?
Isn't too broad. Does not try to cover too much ground.
What is limited?
The special way to format a works cited list.
What is a hanging indent?
The type of writing that relies information from a published source in a short amount of time and in the author's own words.
What is summary?
Connects the evidence to the claim.
What are warrants?
The correct format for your document design.
What is MLA?
This quality tells your readers exactly what your paper is going to be about.
What is clearly states your position?
The order that entries should appear in the works cited page.
What is alphabetical?
The type of writing that is trying to persuade someone of something.
What is proposal or argument?
The name of a common argumenative model.
What is the Toulmin structure?
The name of the town we are in.
What is Trenton?