Academic Writing Midterm
This example of faulty logos makes personal attacks against those who support an opposing position rather than address the position itself
Ad Hominem
This is a claim to which a reasonable person may have disagreements
Arguable
This method by which writers establish Ethos shows that the writer respects her or her audience and their views, and that there is a mutual interest in the topic
Building common ground
These are important considerations to make when "analyzing your rhetorical situation"
Genre, purpose, context, and audience
Doing this not only builds your ethos and demonstrates that you've "done your homework" but that you acknowledge the work of others
Give credit
this person is an expert who is available to assist students with location, evaluating, and contextualizing library source material
Librarian
this resource, available to all students, contains databases, websites, research guides, and a research expert available to help
Library
this documentation style is used in academic writing but other disciplines use others
MLA
Writers invoke this Rhetorical Appeal by using emotional and arguments, figurative language, and appeals to readers values
Pathos
This is the study of art of using language to achieve particular goals
Rhetoric
This "characteristic feature" is usually the first information provided to readers in an analysis
Some description of the subject
Kenneth Burke used a metaphor to compare entering academic and public discourse to entering one of these
a parlor
Two terms refer to key processes when "reading for the conversation" to become informed and develop an opinion about the issue
analyze and synthesis
in addition to being appropriately clear and focused, a writers research question must also meet this criteria
appropriately complex
this kind of information, such as well known historical events or basic scientific facts, does not need acknowledgment as long as it is uncontroversial
common knowledge
Acknowledging these is a way of demonstrating that you're fair and establishing your credibility- but failing to do so can make your argument seem lazy or manipulative
counter arguments
these resources, provided in the library's writing research guide, are compilations of popular, trade and scholarly sources on various issues
databases
writers use this method of incorporating an outside source when the details matter, but not the exact words
paraphrase
MLA requires all quotes and paraphrases to be followed by this
parenthetical citation
in order for a source to be considered "scholarly" it must be published in a journal publication that practices this kind of review
peer review
Failure to properly document outside sources can result in this
plagiarism
The final step in "entering the conversation" challenges you think about questions such as "how do you want to come across to your audience?" and "how can you appear fair and well informed?"
put in your oar
this kind of phrase signals to the reader where a quoted or paraphrase begins
signal phrase