Which of the following is a good method for getting started writing?

Which of the following is a good method for getting started writing?

 

  

 

See if free essay web sites have any good essays that would work.

 

 

 

  

 

See if someone you know has taken the class before and ask if you could use that person’s work to submit as your own.

 

 

 

  

 

Go to Wikipedia and find a good article on your topic. Copy and paste some paragraphs from that, and change a few of the words to your own.

 

 

 

  

 

None of the above

 

 

 

We certainly should avoid essay sites, using the work of others, and copying from any source, ever. The “getting started” phase should consist of us mining our own brains and experience to generate our original thoughts.

 

 

 

Question 2

 

2 / 2 pts

 

Which of the following is not considered a pre-writing strategy?

 

  

 

Mapping

 

 

 

  

 

Writing your introduction paragraph

 

 

 

  

 

Journaling

 

 

 

  

 

Listing

 

 

 

You should not write a full paragraph of your essay until after you’ve done some planning.

 

 

 

Question 3

 

2 / 2 pts

 

The rhetorical situation in writing refers to all except:

 

  

 

Citation

 

 

 

  

 

Audience

 

 

 

  

 

Purpose

 

 

 

  

 

Type of writing

 

 

 

The rhetorical situation includes your topic, purpose, audience, and writing situation.

 

 

 

Question 4

 

2 / 2 pts

 

Please choose the incorrect statement regarding the Toulmin Model of argument:

 

  

 

The “warrant” is your chance to find every way in which your reader likely opposes you. This is where you point your finger at the reader; you pursue your reader for being in the wrong, hence the word “warrant.”

 

 

 

  

 

The “claim” is your stance and is what you are wishing to convince your audience of. Anyone can make any claim, no matter how obvious or far-fetched; that’s the easy part.

 

 

 

  

 

The “qualifier” is where we avoid making blanket statements and instead use words that are more reasonable and easier for an audience to accept, words like “some” or “many” vs. “all” or “always.”

 

 

 

  

 

The “rebuttal” is where we note opposing viewpoints, handle them with respect and concession, and refute them.

 

 

 

The warrant is actually the common ground you establish between yourself and your reader.

 

 

 

Question 5

 

2 / 2 pts

 

Which of the following represents the purpose of an effective introduction paragraph for an argument essay?

 

  

 

Making sure your reader understands that your position is best and that other positions are worthless.

 

 

 

  

 

Grounding your reader in your topic and in the debate while clearly asserting your stance.

 

 

 

  

 

Telling your reader what you are going to do and why, making sure to use only “I” and “me” as pronouns.

 

 

 

  

 

Providing a factual overview of all of the current research; we should stick to only facts in the introduction and save our argumentative stance for later.

 

 

 

We want to give our reader enough background to understand that there is an issue and a debate while also making clear the stance the paper will argue.

 

 

 

Question 6

 

2 / 2 pts

 

Please choose the incorrect statement regarding Aristotle’s argumentative appeals:

 

  

 

“Kairos” refers to the climate of the times, to contexts like important current events and to the current state of human affairs and of human thought.

 

 

 

  

 

“Ethos” refers to ethics. This is where we look at religious belief and morality.

 

 

 

  

 

“Pathos” is an appeal to emotion and is effective when used sparingly and appropriately.

 

 

 

  

 

“Logos” is logic. We use logos to make logical connections between established truths and/or solid sources and our own conclusions.

 

 

 

We should avoid trying to argue belief, and “ethos” actually means establishing authority and credibility.

 

 

 

Question 7

 

2 / 2 pts

 

Which of the following is not a scholarly source?

 

  

 

An article written by practicing nurses and published in a journal such as the Journal of Research in Nursing

 

 

 

  

 

An article from a weekly magazine such as New Scientist

 

 

 

  

 

A book written by authors with advanced medical degrees, published by an academic publisher and peer reviewed

 

 

 

  

 

An anthology (a book-length collection) of essays that have all been peer reviewed and published by degreed experts

 

 

 

Magazines, while often credible, are not scholarly.

 

 

 

Question 8

 

2 / 2 pts

 

A good example of an argument thesis is:

 

  

 

History shows us that mass migrations are usually the result of climate change, violence, or oppression.

 

 

 

  

 

While many experts assert that studying past mass migrations will be helpful toward predicting migrations in the 21st Century, the most reasonable stance is that due to changes in the modern world, there is little of value in this approach.

 

 

 

  

 

There are several historic mass migrations that anthropologists note as most worthy of examination toward understanding the future.

 

 

 

  

 

Research over the mass migrations of Native Americans reveals a number of conflicting theories.

 

 

 

B presents a debate and a stance; the others are all statements of fact. 

 

 

 

Question 9

 

2 / 2 pts

 

Which is not a good method for determining who your audience will be?

 

  

 

Your audience is simply your instructor, maybe your classmates if you have peer reviewing.

 

 

 

  

 

Consider the possible people your topic may impact.

 

 

 

  

 

Think about the audience for similar topics, such as people in the profession about which you are writing.

 

 

 

  

 

Consider the where, when, why, and how of your topic as related to your potential readers.

 

 

 

While your immediate readers may be your instructor and possibly classmates, we must imagine a particular audience that we are hypothetically writing to, an audience invested in the issue.

 

 

 

Question 10

 

2 / 2 pts

 

During the process of moving from a topic to a specific thesis for an argument essay, which of the following is not true?

 

  

 

You should work hard to find only sources that agree with you.

 

 

 

  

 

You should perform preliminary research to understand the scope of the larger debate on the topic.

 

 

 

  

 

You should brainstorm and pre-write to decide where you stand within the larger debate on the topic.

 

 

 

  

 

You should narrow your focus by exploring the Who, What, Where, When, How, and Why of your topic.

 

 

 

B, C, and D are true. However, you will want to find and employ sources with varying opinions.

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