English Final
According to the "Integrating Sources Sheet," quotations, paraphrases, and summarizes serve many purposes. Which of these is NOT one of the purposes listed?
make it so you don't have to think or write your own ideas
Another way to transition is to be mindful of paragraph breaks. Below are reasons why paragraph breaks are used. Which is NOT a reason provided by the text?
to appease your English teacher
1. According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument, "which of these phrases signal to readers that you are about to present an objection? Select ALL correct answers.
· Critics of this view argue that... · Some readers might point out that... · Researchers challenge these claims by...
According to this reading, transitions are essential to organization, which is also known as
Arrangement
1. According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument,"as you counter opposing arguments, you want to show that you share their concerns, as it will also help readers to potentially see your argument as valid.
True
Answer TRUE or FALSE If your ideas do not proceed with purposeful build-up, your audience might have a difficult time following along, or recognizing the overall aim of your writing.
True
Answer TRUE or FALSE. According to the "Integrating Sources Sheet," a short quotation works well when integrated into a sentence.
True
1. According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument," a thesis is a central claim that is backed by several what?
Supporting claims
Another way to transition is to be mindful of paragraph breaks. Most readers feel comfortable reading paragraphs that range between:
100-200 words
According to "Student Writing Support Quicktips," what punctuation do you use when you need to add words for clarification?
Brackets []
Select both correct answers: According to this reading, transitions between paragraphs should include ____ words and phrases that connect two sentences or paragraphs together; these transitions are also ____ words.
Echo and hook
Purdue OWL offers an example of an MLA PowerPoint Presentation. What is the title of the PowerPoint Presentation when you click on it?
MLA 8th Edition Formatting and Style Guide
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page. Now look at the left-hand selections under "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." When it comes time to create your Works Cited page, you'll need to know how to do different citations. Which of these will Purdue OWL help you to write?Select ALL that apply.
MLA Works Cited Page: Electronic Sources MLA Works Cited Page: Periodicals MLA Works Cited Page: Other Common Sources MLA Works Cited Page: Books
1. According to Hacker's "Writer's Choice: Building Credibility with Appositives," which parts of speech to appositives rename?
Nouns and pronouns
1. According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument," all of these are part of the drafting process EXCEPT:
Say "I believe" or "I think."
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, edited by Tobias Wolff, Vintage, 1994, pp. 306-07. What is the information provided in quotation marks?
a short story entitled "Girl," as it is the smaller writing in the "container" of short stories
According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument," you should support your claims with specific evidence, such as all of the following EXCEPT:
conjecture (hearsay and opinions based on incomplete information)
According to pp. 170-171 of Understanding Rhetoric, which of these are both the introductory claim AND the concluding claim? (Note: They are different but with the same idea underlying both.) Select BOTH correct answers.
· Through the disunion between the Issei and Nisei, the cultural identification term "Japanese American" became fragmented by the opposite sides of its two competing ethnicities. · The increasing generational differences between immigrants from Japan, the Issei, and the American-born second generation, the Nisei, had divided Japanese Americans even prior to the outbreak of World War II, and this division grew more apparent in the campaign in which many Japanese Americans were interned during the war years.
In long essays, you will need to alert readers to connections between blocks of text that are more than one paragraph long. How can you do this?Select BOTH correct answers.
· insert transitional sentences at key points · insert short, transitional paragraphs at key points
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page. When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." What is meant by the term container? Select BOTH correct answers.
A collection of poetry is an example, the larger wholes in which the source is located
1. Review the "Student Writing Support Quicktips." You can also write a complete sentence stating a claim, then follow it with your quotation that supports the claim. If you do this, what punctuation should you use?
A colon :
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." When you are writing a parenthetical citation for a printed source with no known author, what do you include in parentheses?
A shortened title of the work
1. Review the "E.E.P.P.A.A.: Ethos and Credibility Sheet." Which of these focuses specifically on who the author gives money to, associates with, or advocates for?
Affiliations
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE. Begin the entry with the author's first name then last name, as presented in the work. End this element with a period. Steve Jobs. Apple of My Eye: The Shaping of a Company, The Making of a Man. Routledge, 2001.
False
Answer TRUE or FALSEIf an idea stretches to a length that is unreasonable for a single paragraph, you should divide the paragraph, even if you have presented comparable points in the essay in single paragraphs.
True
1. According to Hacker's "Writer's Choice: Building Credibility with Appositives," if you don't include appositives, you aren't doing anything wrong. However, it might prompt readers to wonder __.
Who the person is and why we should care
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page. When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Containers might be which of the following? Select ALL correct answers.
a website (the larger whole of an online source) a televison series such as Parks and Recreation a collection or anthology (like a book of poems or short stories) something bigger, like Netflix, which also contains within it other containers (like tv series)
1. Review the "Student Writing Support Quicktips." All of these are common problems EXCEPT:
explaining the relevance of quotes too well
1. According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument," arguments of any complexity contain lines of argument--or claims--that, when read and absorbed together, can persuade readers that the thesis:
has merit, meaning it has truth to it
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using __________________.
parenthetical citations like this one (Wordsworth 263)
According to the example about children wearing coats, transitions are often necessary between two sentences to show relationship and keep ideas from being muddled. Adding a transition improves the
segue
According to the "Integrating Sources Sheet," quotations, paraphrases, and summarizes serve many purposes. Which of these is NOT one of the purposes listed?
showcase your ability to copy and paste
Another way to transition is to be mindful of paragraph breaks. Below are reasons why paragraph breaks are used. Which is NOT a reason provided by the text?
to keep paragraphs very short (each should be only 2-3 sentences long)
When using direct quotes, do all of the following:Mark all correct answers.
use the author's words verbatim (that is, exactly) use phrases or 1-2 sentences, but generally avoid entire sections put quotation marks even around two unique words use attributive tags (i.e. signal phrases) such as "Eric Greitens states,"
According to the "Integrating Sources Sheet," which of these are true about a paraphrase? Mark ALL correct answers.
· it is roughly the same length as the original · if you keep even two unique words the same as the original, put those words in quotes
1. Review the "Student Writing Support Quicktips." What two (2) errors do less experienced writers make when it comes to using quotations? Select BOTH.
· they risk letting the other author's language, ideas, and arguments overwhelm and overtake their own · they use quotations out of context, which can be confusing or change the author's original meaning
Read the selection and identify what the purpose of the highlighted transitions and what they are doing. That is, identify the type of transition being used. As we move from small to large animals, from mice to elephants or small lizards to Komodo dragons, brain size increases, but not so fast as body size. In other words, bodies grow faster than brains, AND large animals have low rations of brain weight to body weight.
Addition
Read the selection and identify what the purpose of the highlighted transitions and what they are doing. That is, identify the type of transition being used. First of all, large animals have relatively smaller brains than related, small animals. The correlation of brain size with body size among kindred animals (all reptiles, all mammals, for example) is remarkably regular.
Addition (and order)
Review the "E.E.P.P.A.A.: Ethos and Credibility Sheet." What two (2) things should you question regarding your speaker? Select BOTH.
Agenda and motive
Go to the Purdue OWL website. Which of these are listed under "Suggested Resources" on the homepage? Select ALL that apply.
Chicago Guide, MLA Guide, and APA Guide
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Say you need to cite a different type of source that hasn't been covered above. Which of these are listed on the page ?(Meaning: You should use this page as a reference! Ms. Ruccolo does NOT have them all memorized, what with her having a life. And hobbies.) Select ALL correct answers.
Citing non-print or sources from the Internet Time-based media sources In-text citations for print sources by a corporate author Citing a work by multiple authors Citing multiple works by the same author
Read the selection and identify what the purpose of the highlighted transitions and what they are doing. That is, identify the type of transition being used. ALTHOUGH the great apes have demonstrated significant language skills, one central question remains: Can they be taught to use that uniquely human language tool we call grammar, to learn the difference, for instance, between "ape bite human" and "human bite ape"?
Contrast
Read the selection and identify what the purpose of the highlighted transitions and what they are doing. That is, identify the type of transition being used. I don't wish to deny that the flattened, minuscule head of large-bodied Stegosaurus houses little brain from our subjective, top-heavy perspective, but I do wish to assert that we should not expect more of the beast.
Contrast
1. According to Hacker's "Writer's Choice: Building Credibility with Appositives," as a research writer, you use sources to help you inform or persuade, and to help your audience have enough information to trust you. Therefore, by giving the credentials of your sources, you also build your own _____ as a researcher.
Credibility
1. Review the "E.E.P.P.A.A.: Ethos and Credibility Sheet." Ethos is the speaker's ___, ___, and ___. Select ALL THREE.
Credibility, trustworthiness, and expertise
According to the "Integrating Sources Sheet," which of these involves using a narrow segment of the original source, keeping the wording identical?
Direct quotes
1. According to "Student Writing Support Quicktips," what punctuation do you use when you need to remove unnecessary words?
Elipses ...
1. Review the "E.E.P.P.A.A.: Ethos and Credibility Sheet." Which of these focuses specifically on how long the speaker has been doing a particular thing or in a relevant field?
Experience
1. According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument,"it might seem at first that drawing attention to an opposing point of view would weaken your argument. But by anticipating and countering objections, you show that you are not well informed, biased, and unreasonable.
False
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE. The page number(s) can either appear in the parentheses OR in the text of your sentence. Therefore, both of these are correct: Example 1:Wordsworth on page 263 stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." Example 2:Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
False
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA Works Cited: Basic Format" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE. Works are listed in the order they first appear in the work and NEVER alphabetically.
False
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE. A periodical (journal, magazine, newspaper) article should be italicized, just like the title of the journal itself: Bagchi, Alaknanda. Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu. Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50.
False
Consider the lists of transitional words and phrases. Select the transitions that make the ideas flow BEST in the paragraph below. Remember: transitions don't always come at the beginning of sentences!(You are not to rearrange the transitions; the order of the transitions in the answer choices is the order you are expected to keep them in the paragraph.) We went shopping for paint. _______, we went to Lowe's, but they didn't have the color we wanted. We visited Home Depot _______. They had a better selection. After much debate, ______, we decided on wallpaper.
First...second...however
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA Formatting Quotations" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." When you need to format a quotation, you might have a question as to how to do it. What are common questions and answers provided by this page?Select ALL correct answers.
How to format long quotations, how to format short quotations, how to omit or add words in a quotation
1. Review the "Student Writing Support Quicktips." · A signal-phrase signals who is speaking. o The first time a new source is used, provide information about the author, including their full name, relevant information to establish their ethos, and the title of the work. · A lead-in leads into the quote using a verb in present tense, followed by a comma. These two concepts go hand-in-hand, and the terms are often used interchangeably. Which of the examples below is a correct example of a signal-phrase/lead-in? Select the BEST answer.
In her essay "Rushing the Plate: The Competitive World of Food Trucks," chef Nenden Ayu claims, "Not all cuisine is suited for food trucks."
Purdue OWL offers a Works Cited example. Look in the left-hand drop down menu.What two other topics is "MLA Sample Works Cited Page" wedged between? Select both correct answers.
MLA Sample Paper, MLA Abbreviations
Purdue OWL offers a Works Cited example. Look in the left-hand drop down menu. If you want to look at an example of a Works Cited page, you can Google it. You can also look at what page?
MLA Sample Works Cited Page
1. Review the "Student Writing Support Quicktips." · A signal-phrase signals who is speaking. o The first time a new source is used, provide information about the author, including their full name, relevant information to establish their ethos, and the title of the work. · A lead-in leads into the quote using a verb in present tense, followed by a comma. These two concepts go hand-in-hand, and the terms are often used interchangeably. Which of the examples below is a correct example of a signal-phrase/lead-in? Select the BEST answer.
Mary Dunn, economist and author of the article, "The Dilemma Facing the U.S. during the Corona Debt Crisis," states, "While pandemic debt is not unprecedented, the scope of it is" (117).
1. Review the "E.E.P.P.A.A.: Ethos and Credibility Sheet." Which of these focuses specifically on the job field the author is currently in or relevant job fields from their past?
Profession
1. Review the "E.E.P.P.A.A.: Ethos and Credibility Sheet." Which of these focuses specifically on projects and published works that the author has completed in a relevant field?
Publications
1. According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument," all of the following are examples of visuals EXCEPT:
Transcripts
Read the selection and identify what the purpose of the highlighted transitions and what they are doing. That is, identify the type of transition being used. As we move from small to large animals, from mice to elephants or small lizards to Komodo dragons, brain size increases, but not so fast as body size. IN OTHER WORDS, bodies grow faster than brains, and large animals have low rations of brain weight to body weight.
To summarize
1. According to Hacker's "Draft a Thesis Statement for an Argument," on p. 95 is an example of a paper written by Sam Jacobs. What is the thesis statement in the introduction paragraph?
The shift from print to online news provides unprecedented opportunities for readers to become more engaged with the news, to hold journalists accountable, and to participate as producers, not simply consumers.
1. According to Hacker's "Writer's Choice: Building Credibility with Appositives," what can you write in an appositive that will help readers trust your sources?
Their credentials
Another way to transition is to be mindful of paragraph breaks. The issue readers have with overly short paragraphs is that:
They require too much starting and stopping
Another way to transition is to be mindful of paragraph breaks. The issue readers have with overly long paragraphs is that:
They strain the reader's attention span
Read the selection and identify what the purpose of the highlighted transitions and what they are doing. That is, identify the type of transition being used. As we move from small to large animals, from mice to elephants or small lizards to Komodo dragons, brain size increases, BUT not so fast as body size. In other words, bodies grow faster than brains, and large animals have low rations of brain weight to body weight.
To contrast
Read the selection and identify what the purpose of the highlighted transitions and what they are doing. That is, identify the type of transition being used. Although the great apes have demonstrated significant language skills, one central question remains: Can they be taught to use that uniquely human language tool we call grammar, to learn the difference, FOR INSTANCE, between "ape bite human" and "human bite ape"?
To give examples
1. According to Hacker's "Writer's Choice: Building Credibility with Appositives," what is the purpose of an appositive?
To help a person better understand a person or thing
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page. When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE. An individual webpage title should be in quotation marks. The name of the parent website, which MLA treats as a "container," should follow in italics: Singh, Loli. "How to Run a 5K Race." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10333_run-a-5k.html.*
True
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page. When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE. The title of a book should be in italics. Freeley, Patricia. The Dance of the Antelope. MacMurray, 1989.
True
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page. When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE. The title of the container is usually italicized and followed by a comma, since the information that follows next describes the container. Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, edited by Tobias Wolff, Vintage, 1994, pp. 306-07.
True
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page. When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE.This is the correct order information should be listed in in the Works Cited: 1. Author. 2. Title of source. 3. Title of container, 4. Other contributors, 5. Version, 6. Number, 7. Publisher, 8. Publication date, 9. Location.
True
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information: Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967. ALERT! Now you need to use deductive reasoning, as this is not explicitly stated by Purdue OWL. Answer TRUE or FALSE: Therefore, whatever word you put in the in-text citation needs to be the first word in the Works Cited.
True
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA Works Cited: Basic Format" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE. A Works Cited page should: · be the last page and it is a separate one · begin with the words Works Cited, centered · only the title of Works Cited is centered; everything else is left-aligned · it is double-spaced · it uses a hanging indent
True
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE.Both of these are correct examples of citing a webpage; the only difference is that the top one includes an author whereas the bottom one does note.Example 1: Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian- chili html. Accessed 6 July 2015. Example 2: "Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview." WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview.
True
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE.This is the correct order information should be listed in in the Works Cited for an electronic source: · Author and/or editor names (if available); last names first. · "Article name in quotation marks." · Title of the website, project, or book in italics. · Any version numbers available, including editions (ed.), revisions, posting dates, volumes (vol.), or issue numbers (no.). · Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date. · Take note of any page numbers (p. or pp.) or paragraph numbers (par. or pars.). · DOI (if available), otherwise a URL (without the https://) or permalink. · Date you accessed the material (Date Accessed).
True
When you go to this page, find "MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Answer TRUE or FALSE.The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase. Therefore, both of these are examples correct: Example 1:Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). Example 2:Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
True
1. Review the "Student Writing Support Quicktips." · A signal-phrase signals who is speaking. o The first time a new source is used, provide information about the author, including their full name, relevant information to establish their ethos, and the title of the work. · A lead-in leads into the quote using a verb in present tense, followed by a comma. These two concepts go hand-in-hand, and the terms are often used interchangeably. Which list of verbs are recommended to help add variety to your signal-phrases?Select the BEST answer, based on the reading's examples and my explanation above.
disagrees, argues, implies, states, notes, observes
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Consider the example of an Electronic Source below. Why is Purdue OWL italicized?The Purdue OWL is accessed by millions of users every year. Its "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" is one of the most popular resources.
it is a webSITE, which means it is a container; containers are larger works and so they get italicized
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find "MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Consider the example of an Electronic Source below. Why is MLA Formatting and Style Guide in quotation marks?The Purdue OWL is accessed by millions of users every year. Its "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" is one of the most popular resources.
it is the smaller webPAGE, held in the container of the website
1. According to "Student Writing Support Quicktips," you should follow your quotation with what?
one or more sentences of commentary on it
1. According to the "Integrating Sources Sheet," quotations, paraphrases, and summarizes serve many purposes. Which of these IS a purpose listed?
refer to work that leads up to your current work
1. According to the "Integrating Sources Sheet," when do you use a direct quote?
when the author says something in a particular way and you want to show exactly what they said
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page.When you go to this page, find the "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" listed UNDER "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." All sources include these two (2) details related to publication:
who published it (and where, if applicable) date of publication
Go to the Purdue OWL website and find the "MLA Guide" page. When you go to this page, find "MLA Style" in the left-hand menu. Click on this. You will see three (3) options. The following choices are listed under which of the three (3) options?
· MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics · MLA Works Cited Page: Basic Format · MLA Formatting Quotations
Complete the sentence about what transitions are and do. Select ALL correct answers. Transitions ...
· help readers move from sentence to sentence · are bridges between what has been read and what is about to be read · alert readers to more global connections of ideas (like between paragraphs)
According to Understanding Rhetoric p. 353 "Poorly Integrated Quotation," the second example is smoothed and fixed by adding this phrase: According to Lars Eighner, What was wrong with the original sentence and quotation? Select all correct answers below.
· it was a dropped quote, meaning it was just "dropped" in the paper with no context · the sentence is ONLY the quote, which is a dropped quote and is too abrupt
According to Understanding Rhetoric p. 353 "Poorly Integrated Quotation," the first example is smoothed and fixed by adding this phrase: show how color affects taste: What was wrong with the original sentence and quotation? Select all correct answers below.
· it wasn't showing how the information is relevant · when you read the sentence out loud, it didn't flow