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Doug Downs defines this as "a set of principals for human interaction"; can also be defined a form of communication 

What is rhetoric? 

100

The day your research article final draft is due? 

When is Monday November 22nd at midnight (tonight!)

100

These are writing tasks that "give you a chance to figure out what you know or don't know about a topic, and it can help you watch your own mind at work- all without having to be judged or graded" 

What is low stakes writing? 

100

Nouns that are capitalized 

What are proper nouns? 

100

This is the interconnected nature of all texts (we watched a clip fro Wreck-it Ralph during this class)

What is intertextuality?

200

This is a sense of place defined by a network of interconnecting interactions that help shape the rhetorical situation. 

What is rhetorical ecology? 

200

How many sources were you required to have for your annotated bibliography assignment? 

What is 6? 

200

These are sources that synthesize reliable information and/ or respond to something that they are not directly involved in 

What are secondary sources? 

200

This punctuational device can indicate the beginning of a list 

What is a colon?

200

This is what we do before every major assignment is due

What is peer review day? 

300

The three rhetorical appeals are...

ethos, logos, and pathos 

300

This is what the IMRaD structure stands for 

What is introduction, methodology, results, and discussion? 
300

These are the three ways to incorporate quotations into your writing

What are paraphrase, summary, direct quotations?

300

This type of phrase is used to indicate to your reader that you are using a new source

What is an indicator phrase? 

300

This is what is due the day we return from Thanksgiving break

What is the rough draft of your ePortfolio? 

400

According to James Paul Gee, these are "ways of being in the world" and "forms of life that which integrate words, acts, values, beliefs, attitudes and social identities as well as gestures, body language, and clothes" 

What are Discourses? 

400

This is when you have to have all late work submitted by

When is Monday, November 22nd by midnight? (Tonight!) 

400

These are sources that may not come from a reputable database or that were not written by scholars in their field

What are unreliable sources? 

400

This punctuational device can separate two ideas that are related; but does not require a conjunction or that the second half be an independent clause. 

What is a semicolon? 

400

This is the name of the documentary we watched in class when we discussed language diversity

What is "Talking Black in America"? 

500

Anne Lamott calls the first draft the...

What is the child's draft? 

500
This is the date and time of your final exam presentation period

(12:30- 1:20 class)When is Friday December 10th, 10-12:50pm?

(1:30-2:20 class) When is Monday, December 6th, 1-3:50pm 

500

These are the four phases of the writing process. 

what are prewriting/ planning, drafting, revising, and editing? 

500

This "type" of quotation does not include an indicator phrase, is its own sentence, and/ or does not include an explication

What is a dropped quotation? 

500

This is the name of the online you had to complete if you decided to work with living subjects for your research project

What is CITI Training?