Readings
The reading by Christina Pazzanese described this person's speaking style as "a caps-locked world of mixed syntax, offbeat grammar, malapropisms, slang, exaggerations, pet phrases, and 'us versus them' contrasts." Name the person Pazzanese is writing about.
Who is Donald Trump?
This punctuation is used to connect two independent clauses that have ideas that are closely related. Using this punctuation mark indicates that the ideas on either side are equal.
What is a semicolon?
This term refers to “An act of language--...mostly
acts of writing, in particular---that behaves in
typical or characteristic ways, which we can
observe in repeated or persistent situations.” (Lisa Bickmore)
What is genre?
For this assignment, you were asked to interview someone else about their perspective on a location.
What is the Google MyMaps project?
Who is Vershawn Ashanti Young?
True or False: You put commas around a restrictive clause
False
This is defined as "A kind of identity kit, a costume or set of instructions that makes us recognizable to people; it gives what we do meaning in certain social contexts."
What is discourse?
This term is used to describe when a man explains (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.
What is mansplaining?
In "The Runaways," these teens were victims of violence from this gang.
Who is MS-13?
Correct this sentence: Henry is majoring in biology, he signed up for three biology courses this semester.
Henry is majoring in biology; he signed up for three biology courses this semester.
This term encompasses purpose, audience, persona, medium, genre, context
What is the rhetorical situation?
This term refers to the ways folks in different regions have different terms for things like trainers versus sneakers versus tennis shoes.
What is dialect?
This author wrote that "wild tongues cannot be tamed; they can only be cut out."
Who is Gloria Anzaldua?
Fill in the blank (affect or effect): The weather ____________ our plans.
The weather effected our plans.
This term means, "Blending two or more dialects, languages, or rhetorical forms together into one sentence, utterance, or paper."
What is code-switching?
This term refers to the way images create meaning.
What is visual rhetoric?
According to a reading by Clive Thompson, 92 percent of all people online use this now, and one-third of them do so daily.
What is emojis?
Is the underlined part of this sentence a restrictive, nonrestrictive, or adjectival clause?
Ariana Grande's most recent radio release "Thank You, Next" was written following her break-up with Pete Davidson.
What is non-restrictive clause?
This term refers to a set of rules about language based on how people think language should be used; there is right and wrong language. For example, grocery store check-out lines should have signs that say, “10 items or fewer” NOT “10 items or less.”
What is prescriptive grammar?
Medium refers to the technology used to create something (e.g.--digital photography versus film photography), and genre refers to what category something is (e.g.--commercial photograph versus journalistic photograph).