ENGL-102

Select the choice that correctly uses APA style for in-text documentation.The student is quoting from page 98 of the following book:Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. New York, NY: Crown.

According to Skloot (2010), cells taken from Henrietta Lacks were used "to develop methods for freezing cells without harming or changing them" (p. 98).

Select the choice that correctly uses APA style for in-text documentation.The student is summarizing a section from the following journal article. This is the first time the student is using this source.Rocca, K. A., Martin, M. M., & Dunleavy, K. N. (2010). Siblings' motives for talking to each other. The Journal of Psychology, 144, 205-219.

Rocca, Martin, and Dunleavy (2010) reported that parents tend to spend more time with adolescent children of the same gender as themselves (p. 208).

Select the choice that correctly uses APA style for in-text documentation.The student is summarizing a section from the following journal article. This is not the first time the student is using this source.Rocca, K. A., Martin, M. M., & Dunleavy, K. N. (2010). Siblings' motives for talking to each other. The Journal of Psychology, 144, 205-219.

Rocca et al. (2010) reported that parents tend to spend more time with adolescent children of the same gender as themselves (p. 208).

Select the choice that correctly uses APA style for in-text documentation.The student is citing the following editorial with no author:Doctors who aid torture. [Editorial]. (2010, June 7). The New York Times, p. A26.

The editorial criticized doctors who violated laws limiting the kinds of research that can be performed on human subjects ("Doctors Who Aid Torture," 2010).

Select the choice that correctly uses APA style for in-text documentation.The student is summarizing a section from page xii of the following book:Lazer, C., & Shasha, D. (2010). Natural computing: DNA, quantum bits, and the future of smart machines. New York, NY: Norton.

Evolution and learning are conceptually similar and have the same effect (Lazer & Shasta, 2010, p. xii).

Read the following passage and the information about its source. Then determine whether the "Using the source" sentence uses the source appropriately. Select "could be considered plagiarism" if the sentence is not acceptable. Select "uses the source appropriately" if the sentence uses and acknowledges the source appropriately.Original source:Radio was a new thrill for many Americans in the twenties, but it had extraordinary value for the isolated farm families of the Midwest, for whom solitude loomed as a daily problem. Radio was a source of music and fun, information and weather reports, and it was an easy way to enjoy the pleasure of other people's company. In-person visiting was a special event that often meant putting on dress clothes and serving cakes and lemonade and gathering politely in the parlor; frequently the press of chores or bad weather made that impossible. But with a radio, women could continue their housework as they listened to a friendly voice; men working in the barn had access to weather reports and farm programs.From:Stern, Jane, and Michael Stern. Two for the Road: Our Love Affair with American Food. Houghton Mifflin, 2005.The passage appears on page 103.Using the source:According to Stern and Stern (2005), the radio offered busy farm families companionship that was easier than traditional socializing, which could be difficult or time-consuming to organize (p. 103).

uses the source appropriately

Select the choice that correctly uses APA style for in-text documentation.The student is quoting the words of Thierry Gardere that appear on page 20 of the following source:Korten, T. (2010, May). Rum and hope. The Atlantic, 305(4), 19-20.

Thierry Gardere believes "what we have to do in Haiti to survive is to be completely self-sufficient" (as cited in Korten, 2010, p. 20).

Select the choice that correctly uses APA style for in-text documentation.The student is citing material from the following online source with no page numbers. The work includes paragraph numbers; the student refers to paragraph 2.Gruen, L. (2003). The moral status of animals. Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2010/

Anything that fails to respect an animal's rights—such as eating, hunting, or experimenting on animals—"is wrong, irrespective of human need, context, or culture" (Gruen, 2003, para. 2).

Read the following passage and the information about its source. Then determine whether the "Using the source" sentence uses the source appropriately. Select "could be considered plagiarism" if the sentence is not acceptable. Select "uses the source appropriately" if the sentence uses and acknowledges the source appropriately.Original source:Radio was a new thrill for many Americans in the twenties, but it had extraordinary value for the isolated farm families of the Midwest, for whom solitude loomed as a daily problem. Radio was a source of music and fun, information and weather reports, and it was an easy way to enjoy the pleasure of other people's company. In-person visiting was a special event that often meant putting on dress clothes and serving cakes and lemonade and gathering politely in the parlor; frequently the press of chores or bad weather made that impossible. But with a radio, women could continue their housework as they listened to a friendly voice; men working in the barn had access to weather reports and farm programs.From:Stern, Jane, and Michael Stern. Two for the Road: Our Love Affair with American Food. Houghton Mifflin, 2005.The passage appears on page 103.Using the source:After the invention of radio, Stern and Stern (2005) observe, farm women could do chores with pleasant programs in the background while men could toil in the barn, listening to farm and weather reports.

could be considered plagiarism

Read the following passage and the information about its source. Then determine whether the "Using the source" sentence uses the source appropriately. Select "could be considered plagiarism" if the sentence is not acceptable. Select "uses the source appropriately" if the sentence uses and acknowledges the source appropriately.Original source:Radio was a new thrill for many Americans in the twenties, but it had extraordinary value for the isolated farm families of the Midwest, for whom solitude loomed as a daily problem. Radio was a source of music and fun, information and weather reports, and it was an easy way to enjoy the pleasure of other people's company. In-person visiting was a special event that often meant putting on dress clothes and serving cakes and lemonade and gathering politely in the parlor; frequently the press of chores or bad weather made that impossible. But with a radio, women could continue their housework as they listened to a friendly voice; men working in the barn had access to weather reports and farm programs.From:Stern, Jane, and Michael Stern. Two for the Road: Our Love Affair with American Food. Houghton Mifflin, 2005.The passage appears on page 103.Using the source:Jane Stern and Michael Stern (2005) note that because many Midwestern farm families were isolated, radio provided a new thrill and extraordinary value (p. 103).

could be considered plagiarism