Analysis & Argument
All paragraphs should have these three types of sentences.
claim, analysis, evidence
We have this ancient Greek philosopher to thank for rhetorical appeals and stasis theory.
Aristotle
In "Nostalgia and its Discontents," Svetlana Boym distinguishes between two types of nostalgia. Name the type of nostalgia that she says "attempts a transhistorical reconstruction of the lost home" and is focused on "truth and tradition."
Restorative Nostalgia
These two are the children of Peter and Moira in Hook.
Jack and Maggie
If I wanted to claim that two things that are alike in some ways are probably alike in other ways, too, I'd be making this GASCAP/T argument.
Analogy
The two "levels" of revision that a writer can undertake.
Global and Local
This type of analysis uses a portable concept from one source to interpret another source.
Lens-based analysis
The rhetorical appeal is all about the timeliness of the argument.
Kairos
In "Nostalgia and its Discontents," Svetlana Boym distinguishes between two types of nostalgia. Name the type of nostalgia that she says "dwells on the ambivalences of human longing and belonging and does not shy away from the contradictions of modernity."
Reflective Nostalgia
This specific event causes Jennifer and David to travel to Pleasantville.
Moral Equivalence
This revision strategy makes a list of paragraph main ideas in order to get a bird's-eye view of essay organization.
Reverse Outlining
An essay only an argument if it has this characteristic.
debatable, controversial, has a counterargument
The context in which a text is produced--the audience, author, purpose, etc.--is called the rhetorical _________.
Situation
This is a social media influencer who promotes traditional family values while monetizing her life as stay-home-mom.
"Tradwife"
This spiky-haired teen is the leader of the Lost Boys before Peter returns to Neverland in Hook.
Rufio
If I argue that principle X is generally regarded as true or correct and so must be true or correct in a specific context, I am making this GASCAP/T argument.
Principle
This revision strategy, which focuses on eliminating unnecessary prepositions and creating active verbs, is like a "first responder" for local revisions.
The Paramedic Method
According to Writing Analytically, taking note of places in object of analysis that fit these three categories can help you begin analyzing on a deeper level.
Interesting, Revealing, Strange
This part of the Toulmin Method requires you to come up with counterarguments to your essay.
Rebuttal
When media/advertising companies use nostalgia to drive sales, they are doing this.
Nostalgia Baiting
reading
Arguments of the previous type can easily fall into this logical fallacy, where I present what most people--or a group of people--think in order to persuade you to think the same way.
Bandwagon
This revision (and brainstorming) strategy requires visually mapping an argument or concept, connecting like ideas with like ideas.
Concept mapping
The three parts of the XYZ thesis.
Observation/Conversation (X), Intervention (Y), Implication (Z)
Answering these four Stasis Theory questions can create a solid foundation for any argument.
Definition, Conjecture, Quality, Policy
In "Looking Back: The Comforting Myth of Nostalgia," Celeste Hoover uses this story to describe past negative view of "looking back."
Orpheus and Eurydice (ancient Greek myth), Lot's wife (biblical narrative), Izanagi and Izanami (Japanese Shinto legend)
This winged animal is causing a hold up in the real estate project Peter Banning's firm is working on.
owls
Last fall, I saw a sign that said if you vote for one presidential candidate, groceries would be more affordable, but if you vote for the other, they'll be too expensive. Name the logical fallacy.
Either/Or or False Dichotomy
A writing process that is no longer linear, but is focused on the circular relationship between prewriting, drafting, and revision is this kind of writing process.
Recursive