Rules of Writing
According to William Zinsser, what is the disease of American writing?
What is clutter?
In the real world we don't make arguments without being provoked. Instead, we make arguments because someone has said or done something and we need to_____________.
What is respond?
The central piece of advice in this class has been that we __________ __________ to others, including those who disagree with us, and then engage with them thoughtfully and respectfully.
What is listen carefully?
What metaphor did Dr. Fellars Watrous use to describe paragraphs with confusing and chaotic sentences or multiple topics without transition language?
What is the mysterious and popular jello salad at a potluck?
What kind of question makes for the best research question?
What is an open-ended question?
What are Toulmin, Rogerian, and Monroe's Motivated Sequence?
What is a sentence with multiple independent clauses separated by a comma without a conjunction?
What are the components of a source sandwich?
What are introduction, source, and analysis?
What does it mean to master academic writing?
What is creating a new voice that draws on the voice you already have?
We converse not only with others in your writing, but with yourself: you must establish clear relations between one statement and the next by ___________ ___________.
What are connecting statements?
A good research question__________.
What is
Emerges from Personal Interest and Necessity
Points to and Moves in the Direction of further Inquiry
Clearly states what you want to find out
Maps out a serious course of research and critical thought?
The second step in an argument that follows the Rogerian model.
What is summary of the opposition?
Subject Verb Agreement is______________.
What is a sentence where the tense and form of the verb matches the tense and form of the noun?
Paragraph coherence is__________.
What is an easy to follow paragraph that includes transitions, and logical bridges for the reader?
Name two ways that writing can be considered as conversational?
What is teaching and translating?
After your first sentence nearly every sentence you write should ________ ________ to previous statements in some way.
What is refer back?
The difference between a thesis statement and a research question.
What is writing as discovery rather than statement?
What is relating your argument to the opposition?
What is an analysis of sources that lead to further inquiry rather than a simple summary of sources?
What we call an issue is usually a combination of more than one factor, has more than one cause, and can be traced to more than one ______________.
What is beginning?
A warrant is _________.
What is the underlying assumption or motivation of your argument that connects your claim and your grounds?
What is this, that, they, it, there?
Good writing tells a ___________.
What is a story?
What is a conversational method of writing that considers many voices in order to take a position related to that topic.
A topic sentence ____________.
What is a sentence that indicates the way, the what and how the idea is going to be dealt with?
The components of Monroe's Motivated Sequence.
What is attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action?