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Full Citations and Permissions 492 research question/path of inquiry a question, series of questions, or inquisitive topic that guides an inquiry-based research project. response a mode of writing that values the reader’s experience of and reactions to a text. Should also unpack what parts of the text contribute to that experience in an effort to practice analytical thinking. revision the iterative process of changing a piece of writing. Literally, re- vision: seeing your writing with “fresh eyes” in order to improve it. Includes changes on Global, Local, and Proofreading levels. Changes might include: • rewriting (trying again, perhaps from a different angle or with a different focus) • adding (new information, new ideas, new evidence) • subtracting (unrelated ideas, redundant information, fluff) • rearranging (finding more effective vectors or sequences of organization) • switching out (changing words or phrases, substituting different evidence) • mechanical clean-up (standardizing punctuation, grammar, or formatting) rhetoric a combination of textual strategies designed* to do something to someone. In other words, ‘rhetoric’ refers to language, video, images, or other symbols (or some combination of these) that informs, entertains, persuades, compels, or otherwise impacts an audience. * Note: whether or not a text is deliberately designed to achieve a purpose, it will still have an impact. See authorial intent. rhetorical appeal a means by which a writer or speaker connects with their audience to achieve their purpose. Most commonly refers to logos , pathos , and ethos . rhetorical situation the circumstances in which rhetoric is produced, understood using the constituent elements of subject, occasion, audience, and purpose. Each element of the rhetorical situation carries assumptions and imperatives about the kind of rhetoric that will be