When "pre-reading" a text, what is one of the first things you should do? 

Everyone has to annotate the same way.

What is the reading method that helps you be more objective (or see multiple sides) with a text?

Which one of these is considered plagiarism? 

Is this an example of plagiarism? Original Text (from The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics by Richard Davenport-Hines, 2002): The prohibition policies of the USA have escalated into the global Wars on Drugs associated since 1969 with the Nixon, Reagan and Bush administrations. The American approach can be summarized as requiring unconditional surrender from traffickers, dealers, addicts and occasional recreational users. Student Writer’s Text: The prohibitive policies in the United States have become the worldwide Wars on Drugs associated since 1969 with the Nixon, Reagan and Bush administrations. The American way of dealing with things can be summarized as requiring complete surrender from dealers, addicts, traffickers and occasional recreational drug users.

Fill in the blank: Rhetoric, as we know it in Western culture, is heavily influenced by the philosophies of ____________________.

Which rhetorical appeal deals with the audience’s emotions/beliefs/values?

When citing sources in an essay, which rhetorical appeal is being emphasized the most?

Fill in the blank: According to the "Rhetoric" page from this week, “[t]he study of rhetoric calls for a better understanding of the world, a form of _______________that helps us see how arguments work and how ideas are best communicated.”

Any kind of “text” has the ability to persuade.