Review Topics Blog Number One

Rhetorical Questions are type of questions that don't expect to have an answer but rather to emphasize what is already obvious. i.e " are you nuts"

Logic is the study of an argument, you form the argument from the conclusion.
The goal is to determine if the conclusion is valid assuming that the premises are true.

MLA: you use MLA citations when you are giving credit to the source you got your information from. An example of MLA is.

For example:

In the text of your paper:

The first gambling Web site appeared in 1995, and online gambling has since become the most
lucrative Internet business (Will 92).

or,

George Will reported that in 2002 Internet gambling surpassed pornography to become the
Internet's most lucrative business (92).

In your Works Cited list:

Will, George F. "Electronic Morphine." Newsweek 25 Nov. 2002: 92.

A literary technique or literary device is an identifiable rule of thumb, convention or structure that is employed in literature and storytelling. This mean that the literary device is used to convey or enhance a story they are telling.

Narrative speech is the way the person presents it.

A dramatic device is any "trick" used by a playwright to add interest to his work or create a particular impression or effect on the audience.

Source:
http://www.sci.wsu.edu/math/Lessons/Logic/Examples/

http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/premiseterm.htm

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Literary+devices&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070506125744AAWOU6F

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Literary+devices&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title