Name That Appeal
The Writing Process
Thesis Statements
Random Bits and Bobs
Hyperbolic, Indeed
100

The Sarah McLaughlin animal abuse commercial relies on this rhetorical strategy to connect with the audience.

What is Pathos?

100

It is important to look for errors before you submit your essays in this writing process. 

What is proofreading?

100

You should never do this when writing a thesis statement. 

What is listing all arguments?

100

Ms. Epley constantly says this when discussing who your paper is geared toward.

What is audience?

100

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of what?

What is hyperbole?

200

This rhetorical strategy is used to build credibility in your writing.

What is Ethos?

200

This is the first part of the writing process and one of the most important. 

What is review assignment?

200

Thesis statements need to have this identifiable characteristic to be an actual thesis statement. 

What is arguable?

200

These people/groups would be the best audience for a paper written about cyber-bullying on campus.

Who are administrators, teachers, and students?

200

The Tree Octopus is an example of this kind of news.

What is fake news?

300

This strategy is used when including facts, stats, and reasoning into an essay.

What is Logos?

300

When you do this part of the writing process, you look for content errors to fix. 

What is revising?

300
This type of thesis statement mistake is common for first-year writers. 

What is overly broad?

300

This acronym is helpful when analyzing articles for rhetorical analysis.

What is SPACE?

300

This is what happens when Grandma shares an Onion article thinking it's real.

What is misinformation?

400

Advertisements use this rhetorical strategy to play on our emotions.

What is Pathos?

400

This part of the writing process involves getting your ideas on the paper and out of your head. 

What is pre-writing?

400

This is the goal of a thesis statement. 

To answer an academic question. 

400

These are statements you want to avoid when making an argument.

What are "I think/feel/believe" statements?

400

This is the term used for news that is fabricated and spread to mimic mainstream media.

What is fake news?

500

Advertisements that use celebrities to endorse their products employ this strategy.

What is Ethos?

500

This part of the process includes feedback from your instructor or feedback from peer-review before you move on to the next step.  

What is a rough draft?

500

This is something you want to avoid in your essays altogether, but especially in thesis statements, in case you don't answer them all.  

What is a rhetorical quesiton?

500

This acronym is helpful when creating an essay or keeping your paragraph organized.

What is TREE?

500

This is something we participate in when we only look at one side of the story.

What is bias?