Nonfiction

Sudhir Venkatesh , an economics professor who studied professional baseball players , found that their language included the phrase " I'm shutting it down for a while . " This translates to :

" This I'm quitting

response article to feedback to a book

Complexity and the 10,000 - Hour Rule "

Which of the following is most true about Muggs ?

He bit everyone except the author's mother and he tried to bite her once . D

essay about relationships outside of their usual context

How to React to Familiar Faces "

Complexity and the 10,000 - Hour Rule " ( Malcolm Gladwell )

Talent plus practice equals expertise .

humorous essay for entertainment

The Dog That Bit People "

Joel considered his first paycheck received from his career as a musician to be his :

diploma

Several experts in this type of ancient statue

questioned its authenticity based on gut instinct

Gladwell's response to those who pushed back against his original premise was :

they took some of his conclusions out of context

If a source does not have an use in creating its internal documentation author , what is the next part of its works cited entry to

title

In the part of the essay where Thurber describes throwing Muggs by the tail into another room , how did he say Muggs responded ?

He found an alternate route through the house and attempted to attack the author .

commencement address to give practical advice to college graduates

Hold Fast Your Dreams "

The Upside of Quitting " ( Freakonomics Radio

Sometimes , you must realize when it is time to move on . .

excerpt from a book about intuition

The Statue That Didn't Look Right "

podcast episode about discontinuing at pursuit

The Upside of Quitting "

The Statue That Didn't Look Right " ( Malcolm Gladwell

The experience and intuition of experts in the field of ancient statues allowed them to see that something was off while the scientific tests did not .

How to React to Familiar Faces " ( Umberto Eco

The world around us becomes more cinematic when we see and recognize famous people

The Dog That Bit People " ( James Thurber )

Thurber owned many dogs in his life , but none gave him more trouble than Muggs

The author claimed that when one sees a familiar face out of context , it :

causes confusion

Muggs's grave contained a Latin phrase that meant " beware of the dog . " The phrase was :

cave canem

The item at issue in the essay was the authenticity of an particular type of ancient statue , called a :

dkouros

Which of the following is NOT a method of incorporating source material into a paper

documenting

Which of the following words best describes a credible source ?

expert

The author's family devised a homemade " thunder machine " in order to :

frighten Muggs in order to get him to come inside house

When Gladwell writes , " ... he ( David Epstein ) and I discuss the same study by the psychologist K. Anders Ericsson that looked at ... " he is :

introducing Ericsson as a crebible source

According to Joel's speech , the twenty - one - year - old version of himself served as his :

mentor

Gladwell's " magic number " of 10,000 hours , he proposes , would make a chess player

more proficient that a player with similar ability who had practiced for fewer hours

The title of this episode infers that :

quitting a pursuit has benefits

The author once saw a famous actor and felt the urge to :

say hello to him .

Eco claims that people often talk out loud about recognizing famous people and :

say things to them that they wouldn't say to ordinary people .

The Getty Museum considered the statue legitimate because :

scientific tests indicated it was legitimate

Robert Reich , a successful US Secretary of Labor , left his position in order to :

spend more time with his family

Gladwell proposed that success at a high level comes through :

talent plus preparation

Billy Joel claimed to have a degree from the University of Rock and Roll , which means that he had :

the equivalent of a college education through life experience .

When should you establish the credibility of a source ?

the first time you use the source

Joel stated that making huge mistakes in one's own style was :

the secret of originality

Internal documentation is a link between the material in a sentence with your :

works cited page