What is synthesis essay?

Paraphrase

(v.) to restate in other words; (n.)a statement that presents a given idea in new language

Intro to place not race

Affirmative action isn't working

Student veteran

Agency report

Best definition of a claim

An assertion about a controversial question

Which pair of cartoons best exemplifies this idea?

Anderson and Martirena

Which of the following is NOT something Solove uses for his arguments?

Anecdotal arguments

The author of "Appropriating Native American Imagery Honors No One but the Prejudice" uses personal experience to support her claims. What else does she use?

Artistic and I artistic proof

Sustainability

Book intro

Which of the following is a correct example for the Works Cited page for an article in a journal on the Web?

Bryson, Devin. "The Rise of a New Senegalese Cultural Philosophy?" African Studies Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Mar. 2014, pp. 33-56, asq.africa.ufl.edu/files/Volume-14-Issue-3-Bryson.pdf.

Davidson organizes her essay using four major points to form a -

Cause and effect

Use "Are Engineered Foods Evil?" to answer the following question. In the section titled "Benefits and Worries," Freedman primarily uses which rhetorical device?

Compare and contrast

. In paragraphs 1 - 8, Weisser primarily uses which rhetorical strategy?

Definition

Muslim American women in campus culture

Dissertation Muslims have an identity storm

The author of "Muslim American Women in Campus Culture" uses what method for her research?

Ethnographic research

Use "Are Engineered Foods Evil?" to answer the following question. Freedman primarily uses which appeal to make his argument of what he sees to be the solution to the dilemma over genetically modified foods?

Ethos

What type of evidence does Zimmerman primarily use?

Examples

Which of the following is NOT part of the Toulmin Logical Structure of Arguments?

Exigence

School bus farmers market

First chapter from book

Are engineered foods evil?

GMOs have problems

Use "Attention Whole Foods Shoppers" to answer the following question. Paarlberg primarily supports his proposal argument with -

Hard evidence and reason

The author of "Disability and the Media" uses which approach in his text?

How to

Which statement from "Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect" best captures the main idea of this essay?

In 2010, the APA released a report on the sexualization of girls, which it described as portraying a girl's value as coming primarily from her sexual appeal.

How does Solove see that the Orwellian metaphor falls short in the privacy argument?

In Orwell's world, all data is collected, but in the world today the data collected is rather immaterial (race, birth date, gender, etc.).

Which of the following is NOT a way to use sources to clarify and support your own argument?

Incorporate patch writing

Which verb below would be NOT be considered a frequently used signal verb?

Is

What was the final outcome of the landmark case of Riley vs California

Law enforcement can't hack devices without a warrant

circumstantial evidence

Making claim based on weak evidence

Beware college brochure

Misleading advertising on diversity Interview

Use "Muslim American Women in Campus Culture" to answer the following question. When Mir uses the term "perfect identity storm," she is referring to what 3 components?

Muslim, American, Youth

Oregon and staying local

Newspaper

Attention Whole Foods shoppers

Online article

Which of the following is a correct example of in-text citations when the author is named in the signal phrase?

Ravitch chronicles how the focus in education reform has shifted toward privatizing school management rather than toward improving curriculum, teacher training, or funding (36).

Which of the following best exhibits a stereotypic statement?

Rich people are more concerned about possessions than people.

Synthesis essay

Similar to argument essay, but uses given sources to argue a point

Allude

Strong signal

Confirm

Strong signal

Dispute

Strong signal

Use "Six Provocations for Big Data" to answer the following question. Which of the following is NOT a claim that Boyd and Crawford make?

Tech is neutral

Which of the following descriptions fits the definition for circumstantial evidence?

The sidewalks are wet and puddles abound, so you infer that it rained.

Summarize

Understanding main idea of subject or text

Which of the following statements best states Stretten's claim in her essay?

Using Native American mascots are harmful to both Native Americans as well as to Americans who are not Native.

Which of the following reasons is NOT a reason that Christian Rudder uses to justify manipulating the data on the OkCupid website without the knowledge of those using the service?

Using data violates trust

Mandated expectations often conflict with societal norms.

Very good careers

Was

Weak signal

Would have been

Weak signal

Use "Making a Visual Argument: Diversity Posters" to answer the following question. Each of the posters may be considered a definitional argument. Which poster carries the idea that love-based connections to others help builds community?

Whittemore's Diversity Is the Largest Picture

Exigence

an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak

Use "School Bus Farmers' Market" to answer the following question. At the end of Gustafson's excerpt, she is not satisfied with what she has found in the example of Mark's innovative approach to sustainability. What does she see has a major problem?

buying produce from a school bus would likely never become a main alternative to the local grocery chain store

Use "Making a Visual Argument: Apples to Oranges" to answer the following question. Ironside uses virtual means to make her argument. In the juxtaposition of ideas, the rhetorical device she is using is -

comparing two things that are compared unfairly because they are fundamentally different

Use "Student Veterans/Service Members' Engagement in College and University Life and Education" to answer the following question. What structure do the authors, Kim and Cole, use for this report?

comparison of college experiences of veterans to students 25 or older who were not in the military

This metaphor in this quote is designed to explain that

data has become essential to our existence, and not only can it sustain us, but it also can cause harm

Use "Student Veterans/Service Members' Engagement in College and University Life and Education" to answer the following question. Kim and Cole rely on what type of support to examine the college experiences of veterans?

empirical

There are two types of synthesis essay. They are -

explanatory and argument

If your evidence for a claim rests entirely on circumstantial evidence, personal experience, or one major example, you should -

extend your search for additional sources and good reasons

Who likely is Steele's audience?

general educated audience

Jolliffe's Rhetorical Framework is a model designed to

help an analyst explain the meaning/purpose/effect of a text

What is the purpose of viewing jokes?

jokes indicate where social divisions exist in a culture

Use "Introduction from Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America" to answer the following question. Cashin establishes her argument primarily by relying on -

legal precedent and theory

Use "A Campus More Colorful Than Reality: Beware That College Brochure" to answer the following question. The basic claim that Prichep makes is that -

marketing of diversity promotional products doesn't always correspond to campus demographics

Which of the following is NOT a finding from the study conducted by Burgess and her colleagues?

minority males were overrepresented in video game magazines

The difference between paraphrasing and summarizing is

paraphrasing is placing an author's ideas into your own words and sentence while summarizing is getting the gist or key ideas from a text

One alarming conclusion the authors of this study found was that

people fail to distinguish between stereotyped associations they imagine and those they have actually seen

The exigence in Jolliffe's Rhetorical Framework means

problem, situation, or issue

Use the Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality" to answer the following question. Michaels believes that society's focus on ethnic and cultural diversity perpetuates -

racism and biological essentialism

Use "Sustainability" to answer the following question. According to Weisser, what is one major deterrent to sustainability?

relying on short term needs or goals

According to Weisser's model, what are the three pillars of sustainability?

social equity, enviornmental preservation, and economic viability

claim

state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

Hanes in her essay "Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect," uses the following kinds of evidence

statistics, research studies, anecdotal

Infotention

synthesizing and thinking critically about vast amounts of information available on the Web

Practicing infotention calls for

synthesizing and thinking critically about vast amounts of information available on the Web

Use "Trans Women at Smith: The Complexities of Checking 'Female'" to answer the following question. Fraas uses a proposal argument. What is being proposed?

that rules for admission, especially those for trans gender, be amended to make the admission process more accessible

Springing Forward and The Strange Case of Percy Schmeiser," from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle to answer this question. Kingslover and Hopp use the court case of Percy Schmeiser versus Monsanto to establish -

the power of GMO producing businesses to use legal means to dominate the market against the local farmer

The best definition for a warrant is

the value, belief, or principle that the audience has to hold if soundness of the argument is accepted

Use "A Diversified Farm Prospers in Oregon's Willamette Valley by Going Organic and Staying Local" to answer the following question. Mortenson uses questions as a rhetorical strategy in paragraphs 4 and 5. What is her purpose for using them?

to enumerate essential questions that should be answered to adequately assess the phenomenon

Riley's purpose for writing this text most likel

to guide future coverage of people with disabilities to a more fair and accurate way of putting the disability story on screen or on paper

Which of the following is NOT a reason that Greenfield might use graphics in his essay

to inspire the readers to change their metadata

Warrant

to justify or deserve

Use "Attention Whole Foods Shoppers" to answer the following question. Paarlberg in his proposal argument acknowledges alternative proposals and

touts the superiority of the proposed solution

. Which of the following is NOT a reason for using a quote

when you want to use your own words and sentence structures to express the author's meaning accurately.