MLA vs. APA
These two pieces of information are needed for MLA in-text citations.
Author’s name and page number
Rhetorical appeals
This part of the writing process refers to organizing a writer's ideas into a logical series of paragraphs.
Outline
Pidgeon was originally told as a child that this was the cause of their inability to have children.
Ovarian cancer or cancer
Quotes, paraphrases, summaries, descriptions of visual text from a source.
Evidence
These three pieces of information are needed for APA style in-text citations.
Author’s name, publication date, and page number
This Greek term refers to the kind of rhetorical appeal used in film, often through music and lighting, to make the audience feel something.
Pathos
When a writer reads through their written work with the intention of making minor changes to the piece regarding things like capitalization, punctuation, and minor grammar errors.
Proofreading
This term refers to one's self-governance, and is the central focus of Leigh Johnson's discussion in their article, "Your Body, My Choice."
Autonomy
When a writer refers to a source and uses the text word-for-word with two marks on either side of the sentence or phrased used, they are performing this act.
Quoting
On both MLA Works Cited pages and on APA references pages, the source entries are placed in this order.
Alphabetical order
This Greek term refers to the kind of rhetorical appeal that is used in medical brochures when percentages and diagrams are used to compare the effectiveness of a procedure or drug.
Logos
When a writer reads through their written work with the intention of making large conceptual changes to the piece such as adding or removing evidence, paragraphs, or even full pages.
Revision
In film, this convention "(short for 'properties') help[s] to amplify a mood, give further definition to a setting, or call attention to detail within the larger scene" (Villarejo, 2013, p. 33).
Props
When a writer refers to a source and condenses the entire source into two to four sentences, they are performing this act.
Summarizing
In APA this summary in given to the reader prior to the essay itself.
Abstract
This Greek term refers to the kind of rhetorical appeal that is used in a tooth paste commercial when a doctor is seen recommending the product.
Ethos
When a writer reads through their written work with the intention of making sentence-level changes to the piece to improve the text's clarity.
Editing
This article by Markus Bauer and Richard Bourhis discusses several different theories regarding power dynamics.
"Social Power"
When a writer refers to a source's ideas but states them in their own words, they are performing this act.
Paraphrasing
The following is an example of what formatting style:
Niehaus (1999) revealed that children first learn loyalty from siblings, not parental figures (p. 157).
APA
The means in which a person tries to convince or persuade another person to think or feel a particular way about a certain topic.
Rhetoric
This part of the writing process refers to the gathering, but not necessarily organizing, of ideas for a project.
Brainstorming
This is the medical terminology Pidgeon heard in their Psychology of Women 300 course that caused their "life's compass to shatter[ and open] a portal... in the multiverse" (Pagonis 79).
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome or AIS
A writer should strive to answer three one-worded questions when referring to an uncommon source like an interview, lecture, or email within in essay.
Who? Where? When?