Paper Formatting Basics
Persuasive Techniques
Misc Writing terms
Citations
Writing a Paper
100
What font is used in MLA format?
What is Times New Roman?
100

What is an appeal to ethics, or a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader.

What is Ethos?

100

What is a logical fallacy and what does it do to your writing?

What is an error in reasoning. Including fallacies in your writing weakens your argument.

100

In MLA format, what is another name for in-text citations?

What are parenthetical citations?

100
Where is a thesis statement usually located?
What is the end of the introductory paragraph?
200
What spacing should your paper have in MLA format?
What is double spaced?
200

What is an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response.

What is Pathos?

200

What is defined as a statement of opinion by a magazine or newspaper, in which they write about current affairs? 

What is an Editorial? 

200

What is using other people’s words, thoughts, or ideas without giving them credit.

What is Plagiarism? 

200

The thesis statement is a __________. Telling the reader what?

Roadmap - What your essay will be about 

300
What are the correct margin size for a paper in MLA format?
What are 1 in margins?
300

What is an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason, fact and rationality.

What is Logos?

300

Define FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE  

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is used to create imagery and express things non-literally; it can help to make an idea more emotive, vivid and convincing.

300

What two things are listed in an in-text citation?

What is the author's last name and page number?

300

An outline is the _________ of your paper.

Skeleton 

400
How do you start and show it is the beginning of a paragraph?
What is indent?
400

What is chiefly derogatory information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote, persuade, or publicize a particular political cause or point of view?

What is Propaganda?

400

What is Argument Writing?

Argument writing provides information AND presents an argument that includes the supporting and opposing viewpoint/argument.

400

How are quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing different?

Quoting uses an author’s exact words while paraphrasing and summarizing uses reworded statements. Paraphrasing is more detailed than summarizing since paraphrasing rephrases specific information, and summarizing recaps only the main points

400

In what way are the entries listed on a works cited page?

What is alphabetically?

500
Where is the header located?
What is upper right hand corner?
500

What are the AIDA principles of marketing? (Hint:We went over this when we analyzed advertisements and their persuasive techniques) 

What is 

Attention: The advertisement should attract the attention of the customer. 

Interest: In some way, the advertisement must create interest in the product. 

Desire: Advertisements need to persuade customers that they desire the product. 

Action: Finally, customers must be lead towards taking action and/or purchasing 

500

What are three Logical Fallacies? 

Answers Include:

Ad hominem, Ad Populum, Begging the questions, circular reasoning, false analogy, Hasty generalizations, non-sequitur, post hoc, red herring, slipper slope, straw man


500

What do you do if your citation is more than one line on a Works Cited page?

Use a Hanging Indent

500

What are three items you should not include in formal papers? 

Answers include:

First person (I, we, you, etc.)

Slang = gonna

Contractions 

abbreviations 

Ending sentences with prepositions