Chapter 4 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Research Question
the question about your topic you seek to answer
enkyklios paideia
rounded education spread under the reign of Alexander the Great
trivium
grammar, rhetoric, and logic
quadrivium
arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy
information literacy
the ability to figure out the type of information you need, find that information, evaluate it, and properly use it
accuracy
the truthfulness or correctness of a source
bias
presenting information in a way that unfairly influences someone’s perception of something
plagiarism
to present another person’s work or ideas as your own
incremental plagiarism
failure to give proper credit for parts of a speech that are borrowed from other
patchwork plagiarism
stealing ideas from two or more sources without referencing them
global plagiarism
taking an entire speech from a single source and pawning it off as your own
ghostwriting
to write for and in the name of another person (done in politics)
background information
material that provides context for a topic
tangential information
evidence used to provide background and capture an audience’s interest
evidentiary information
information that supports main points within a speech and is directly related to the topic
Dewey Decimal Classification System
the coding system for books, magazines, and journals used in libraries
JSTOR
an electronic database for political journals
Communication/Mass Media Complete
an electronic database for academic journals and popular sources related to communication and journalism
Lexis-Nexis
an electronic database for newspaper and magazines
formal survey
a time-consuming way of gathering data on a population which employs randomized sampling to ensure reliability and validity
informal survey
polling a few people based on convenience
interviewing
a direct method of gathering information from a human source that allows for questions to adapt to responses
undercover interviewing
when the interviewer disguises either himself of his purpose in an effort to trick someone into sharing more information than they may have if the interviewee knew to whom he or she was speaking
Chicago Manual Style
preferred reference manual for rhetorical studies
