This latin phrase, used to mean "and others," is typically shortened in an MLA citation when a work has more than three authors.
What is "et alia"?
100
According to the authors of Inventing Arguments, claims can be broken down into these three categories.
What are fact, value, and policy?
100
These two general databases are a great place to start for any researcher.
What are Academic Search Premier and JSTOR?
100
A simple and useful definition for "rhetoric" -- one that I've used in class on many occasions.
What is "the art of persuasion"?
100
The comic Gary Gulman, seen in this video, remarks on a popular use of the semicolon, which is called this when used for illustrative, and not punctual purposes.
What is an emoticon?
200
Book citations always include these six elements.
What are the author, title, city, publisher, year, and medium.
200
In "Consider the Lobster," David Foster Wallace makes this kind of argument when he discusses the different ways to conceive of "pain."
What is a "definition" argument?
200
These three things need to be added, in this order, to a citation when citing an article found in a database.
What are the name of the database, "web," and the date of access?
200
Three Greek words that roughtly translate to appealing to emotion, appealing to logic, and appealing to credibility.
What are pathos, logos, and ethos?
200
This assistant and sidekick to Tracey Jordan on NBC's 30 Rock is nicknamed after this ubiquitous ending to most urls.
Who is Dot Com?
300
When citing an academic article found in a database, these two elements are always either italicized or underlined.
What are the journal title and the database?
300
A writer who cites authorities and experts uses this kind of support.
What is "evidence"?
300
This word describes using an asterisk * at the end of a word, so that it will search all versions of that word. Example: child* searches child and children, etc.
What is truncation?
300
To use rhetoric irresponsibly, one would most likely appeal, not to logic, but to this more volatile (and powerful) aspect of human psychology.
What are emotions?
300
VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE! Worth 600 points.
In this clip from Seinfeld, Elaine Benes criticizes her author/boyfriend for not using an exclamation point. What was the name of the fictional publishing house that Elaine worked for during these, and many of the early episodes of Seinfeld?
What is Pendant Publishing?
400
When summarizing or paraphrasing multiple sources, this punctuation mark should separate each name and its accompanying page number(s), from other author names and page numbers.
What is a semicolon?
400
According to the authors of Inventing Arguments, arguments, which support the main claim, can be broken down into these six categories.
What are the past, the future, values, definitions, causes, and crises?
400
These three criteria assure a researcher that a book is appropriately "academic," and therefore, trustworthy.
What are an extensive bibliography, a university or academic press (usually), and an author who is an "expert."
400
Including any one of these within your argument will establish your credibility, an important factor in any rhetorical situation.
What are: including concessions, qualifiers, or addressing counterarguments?
400
The band Panic! at the Disco, which features an exclamation point in their title, became known for this single, their debut hit from their first album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. The video for the song also won Best Video at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.
What is "I Write Sins Not Tragedies."
500
When a long quote is blocked, these are left off of the quotation, and the order of these are switched.
What are quotation marks and the parenthetical citation and period?
500
This term is the most ubiquitous when speaking of claims, arguments, and support. One may find it in any of the three columns from the class handout.
What is "value"? One can make a claim of value, argue for or against certain values, and appeal to values as support.
500
VCU's library is named after James Branch Cabell, who was most famous for this.
What is fantasy fiction?
500
Appealing to logic, a vital part of any rhetorical maneuver, proceeds from general points to a specific conclusion, or from specific points to a general claim. More formally, these processes are known by these terms.
What are deduction and induction?
500
The 80's band T'Pau was a one-hit wonder with this 1987 song, which also shares a title with a popular piano ditty.