Commas
The name of the comma placed before "and" in a list of three or more.
What is the oxford comma?
What type of formatting is usually used in English and humanities classes?
What is MLA format?
What occurs when two independent clauses are placed together without a conjunction or punctuation mark
what is a run-on sentence?
The due date for the assignment
What is December 9th
What should an annotated bibliography include?
An annotation, a summary, and a usage paragraph
What happens when a dependent clause is written as a complete sentence.
What is a Sentence fragment?
ex: based on 2015 data.
What type of citation style is usually used for biological and social sciences?
The name for the structure we use to make sure all verbs are in a consistent tense
What is parallel structure.
ex: I like to eating, playing, and running.
Describe the rhetorical addendum
The short paper you are turning in with the assignment reflecting on your process.
What GMU resource can you use to find peer-reviewed sources?
What is the library databases
a noun or noun phrase placed before or after another noun to describe, explain, rename, or identify that noun. Set off by commas
What is an appositve
ex:
In MLA format, what goes in an in-text citation when referencing an article?
What is the author's last name?
used after an independent clause when constructing a list
what is a colon.
ex: We covered three fundamentals in our technical writing class: grammar, style, and voice.
An unacceptable medium for the project
What is an essay?
The name of the rhetorical tool an author is employing when they attempt to show their credibility
What are ethos
What Coordinating Conjunctions
ex: for, and, nor, but, or, so
sentence ex:
We know we must place an in-text citation after any direct quote. When including that in-text citation at the end of a sentence, Where should the punctuation mark go?
What is after the citation parentheses?
ex: "I love yoga" (Kylie).
What is a semicolon
ex: Departments will have budget increases; staff members will receive all equipment requested.
What will you need to include if you choose to do an audio or visual medium for your essay
What is a transcript
Combining multiple sources to draw conclusions about a topic
What occurs when two independent clauses are separated by a comma?
What is a comma splice?
Ex: The company performed well last quarter, its stock rose several points.
We know we must include Works cited pages in every MLA citation. What are all the components that must be included in that MLA citation?
what is Author. Title. Title of container, Other contributors (translators or editors), Version (edition), Number (vol. and/or no.), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs URL or DOI). 2nd container’s title, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location, Date of Access (if applicable).
A modifier placed too closely to multiple nouns
What is a dangling modifier.
ex: He bought a horse for his sister named Prince.
Focusing on a purpose appropriate to the writer's rhetorical situation.
what is rhetorical awareness.
What is the DRAMA method?
D ate
R elevence
A uthority
M otivation
A ccuracy