Key Concepts in Rhetoric and Writing Techniques

true or false: It is impossible to plagiarize yourself.

false

True or False: If you are citing a source without page numbers you should just guess the page number.

false

Rhetorical triangle is sometimes knowns as what

ARISTOTLE'S MODES OF PERSUASION.

Usually involve the author recounting an experience about what they did at the time then meditating on the experience, known as what?

RESPOND REFLECT RETELL.

If a parent is trying to convince their kid to brush their teeth, the claim, "it is bedtime" is

Kairos

True or False: there is no way to cite AI in MLA

False

what does Qualifying a statement mean

To weaken your claim in order to make yourself more persuasive.

Purpose vs Exigency

PURPOSE=WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE; EXIGENCE=WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO WRITE (catalyst).

Matty's PEDSPOV

POINT EVENT DESCRIPTION SETTING POINT OF VIEW.

SPACE CAT

Stands for SPEAKER PURPOSE AUDIENCE CONTEXT EXIGENCE CHOICES APPEALS TONE.

True or False: Single sentence paragraphs are unacceptable in college level essays.

False

Who came up with free writing?

PETER ELBOW.

Good thesis adjective is?

NARROW.

Annotated bibliography

A LIST OF TEXTS THE AUTHOR USES WHEN RESEARCHING THEIR TOPIC THAT IS ANNOTATED.

True or False: You only need to cite if it is longer than three words.

False

True or False: Free writing is only a warm up exercise and is otherwise a waste of time

False

non-characteristic of Edited academic English

It is often derogatory to non-academics.

Bad Advice for writing annotated bibliography

WRITE AN INTRODUCTION GOING OVER HOW YOU FOUND YOUR SOURCES.

In a Rhetorical situation, constraints are

SOMETHING THAT PREVENTS A SPEAKER FROM PORTRAYING THEIR MESSAGE.