I often find myself stumped when I'm writing. I don't know what to write next, which then leads me to become frustrated. I looked up some tips, and I hope these will help in the future!
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.)
I figured this will help when people start making their works cited page!
There are many types of sources that you could use in your papers (journal articles, books, newspapers, interviews, etc.), but not all of them are good sources. Good sources give you reliable, accurate information based on real research.
I thought this was interesting, seeing as we are all looking for reliable resources for our explanatory essays.
Subway uses famous athletes to try and persuade you to come and get their food. They also use words like "Turkeytopia" or "Turkey Heaven" to make you think that they are the best!
This picture is trying to persuade a person not to smoke, it gives you all the negative side effects of smoking. All of the facts shown in the picture are exhibiting a pathetic appeal. These facts should scare all of us, making us not want to smoke a cigarette.
Legalizing or not legalizing gay marriage has been a contingent issue for a long time. This is also showing one of the six characteristics that rhetoric is responsive, this article is about some of the responses that people had on the ruling of gay marriage.
Calls for an end to police brutality echoed down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City Saturday afternoon. "Stop police brutality!" and "No justice! No peace!" were some of the chants repeated by about two dozen protesters, both young and old, as they marched more than a mile from McAdoo Avenue to Martin Luther King Plaza around 1 p.m.
This is definitely in response to the police brutality, which helps identify it as a rhetoric piece.
How to Tell the Difference Between Nerds and Geeks. "You're a geek!" "You're a nerd!" Is that a compliment, a diss, or what? What does that even mean, anyway? It can be confusing, especially since there's some crossover between the two.
I thought that this was pretty neat to read!