ENGL 135 Ch 14 Documenting a Research Paper

Which of the following sentences is an informal citation, and not cited using formal MLA in-text-citation?

*As Stamper notes at the beginning of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, "Language is one of the few common experiences humanity has." *According to lexicographer Kory Stamper, language and the activity of defining words are something that all people do.

Which of the following correctly describes the use of initials in in-text citations that are in APA format?

An author's first and middle initials should be used only if several authors have the same last name.

Some online journals contain a set of numbers and letters that is unique to a particular digital source and serves as a permanent identifier. What is this set of numbers and letters called?

DOI

Lee is using a Theodore Roosevelt quotation that he found in a book about presidents written by Nancy Nkruma and published in 2010. How should Lee handle the in-text citation according to APA format?

He should credit Roosevelt in the text and write "as cited in Nkruma, 2010" in parentheses.

Which of the following are the two most commonly used guidelines for formatting citations in college research papers?

Modern Language Association guidelines American Psychological Association guidelines

Which of the following statements best describes the consequences of plagiarism?

Plagiarism often has serious consequences both in academic institutions like colleges and in workplaces.

According to APA format, which of the following guidelines should be followed for a quotation of more than 40 words?

Start the quotation on a new line. Put the citation at the end of the quotation. Indent the quotation from the left margin.

Internet sources have an address that is a string of characters that usually begins with "http." What is this address known as?

a URL

Which of the following is found in a paper that follows APA format but not in a paper that follows MLA format?

a brief summary at the beginning

Ali is writing a paper on the Grand Canyon. Which of the following items that she used in her paper do not need to be cited?

a description of her experience hiking in the canyon her own photographs of the canyon

Dale is writing a paper on Thomas Jefferson. Which of the following pieces of information that he used in his paper need to be cited?

a timeline of events in Jefferson's life copied from a magazine a quotation from a new biography about Jefferson a historian's theory about Jefferson's influences

When a writer includes figures, such as graphs, maps, or photographs, in a research paper using APA format, where should they be placed?

at the end of the paper

Research papers that follow the APA format must have a separate title page. Which of the following pieces of information must go on the title page? Select all that apply.

author name school name course information title page number

A writer should use which of the following in a formal research paper?

citations that follow the format required by the instructor

Which of the following are likely consequences that college students face when they are caught plagiarizing? Select all that apply.

failing the assignment being expelled failing the course

For one of the theories discussed in his paper, Amal needs to cite two books in his text, each written by a different author whose last name is Johnson. According to APA guidelines, what should Amal include to distinguish the two authors from each other?

first and middle initials

For short, personal essays, Dr. McKimson allows his class to use brief in-text references to their sources, such as simply giving the author and title. These are known as

informal citations.

Research papers that follow the APA format must have a separate title page. Which of the following pieces of information must go on the title page? Select all that apply.

school name page number title course information author name

Which of the following do you generally need to include when using the MLA format for in-text citations?

the author the page number

According to APA format, what is the list of sources at the end of the paper called?

the references page

In MLA style, if a piece being cited has no credited author, what information should be given at the beginning of the citation?

the title

Plagiarism occurs whenever you do which of the following? Select all that apply.

use someone else's production without crediting the source commit literary theft present an idea or product as new and original when it has been derived from an existing source pass off someone else's ideas or words as your own

The best overall definition of plagiarism is

using someone else's words or ideas without properly citing them.