Writing Studies II (Final)
At the beginning of every semester, students are given a printing budget of:
$20
Which of the following punctuation marks is used to indicate a quotation contained inside another quotation?
' '
When searching an electronic database, which of the following symbols acts as a wildcard to help the researcher find related words?
*
Which of the following punctuation marks is used to indicate when something has been left out of a quotation?
...
Skimming over which part(s) of a book can help you determine if that book merits more attention?
1. Captions on illustrations 2. Index 3. Table of Contents All of the above
Titles of newspaper articles:
Are placed in double quotation marks
When an author has political learnings or religious views that could affect his/her objectivity, that author's work should be checked carefully for signs of:
Bias
The title of a webpage is placed in:
Double quotation marks
It is acceptable to place a quotation into a paper without a signal phrase.
False
It is okay for a paraphrase to contain information not found in the source.
False
It is okay for a paraphrase to leave out information contained in the source, so long as that information is not important.
False
Different forms or types of writing are known as:
Genres
What is a summary?
It involves a significantly shortened version of a passage that captures main ideas in your own words.
What is a paraphrase?
It involves putting an author's ideas into your own words and sentence structure.
Who is the library staff member who handles interlibrary loan (ILL)?
Kim Hamlett
Where does the Work Cited page of a paper appear?
Last
While note taking method does Bruce Ballenger consider a complete waste of time, so much so that he barely mentions it?
Notecards
When you indent a quotation, it begins how far from the left margin?
One inch
Sources that publish the work of acknowledged experts in a field are examples of what type of source?
Scholarly
Which of the following periodicals would usually be considered to be the most authoritative and credible source when looking for the announcement of the 2015 winners of MLB's CY Young Award?
Sports Illustrated
Which of the following periodicals would usually be considered to be the most authoritative and credible source when looking for information on childhood diseases?
The Journal of Pediatric Medicine
What is objectivity?
The separation of the perceiver from the thing perceived.
Volume and issue numbers must be included in the citation for an article from an academic journal.
True
When alphabetizing the citations in a Works Cited page, you disregard the articles ("an," "a," "the"0.
True
When writing a summary, you should leave out most of the details contained in the source.
True
When you cite two or more works by the same author on your Works Cited page, you use three hyphens, followed by a period (---.), rather than repeat the author's name in each citation.
True
You must always include the access date in your citation if the website itself does not have a date.
True
Ballenger uses a different term for free writing. What is it?
Fastwriting
Passive reading is a useful way to make a determination about the usefulness and quality of a potential source.
False
The Work Cited page is the only portion of the paper that should be single-spaced.
False
Volume and issue numbers must be included in the citation for an article from a general interest magazine.
False
Volume and issue numbers must be included in the citation for an article from a newspaper.
False
When citing a source written by two authors, the names of all the authors are reversed (last name comes before the first name).
False
When conducting research, your efficiency is improved if you take the time to read every word contained in every source you encounter.
False
When someone publishes information on the web, they are required to identify themselves as the author of their information.
False
How do you use the email function in an electronic database to place an ILL request?
1. Click the email button 2. In subject type: ILL request from Kimberly DeGroot 3. In comments type: student in Robertson's Writing II class 4. Email to: [email protected]
Paraphrasing is particularly useful when dealing with sources that are:
1. Two hundred or more years old 2. Heavily laden with jargon 3. Sources that are especially dense All of the above are true.
Which of the following represents the correct format for dates for your Work Cited page?
29 Oct. 2014
A paper that reflects what is known about a topic is:
A research report
How long should a summary be in comparison with its source?
About 1/4 to 1/5 as long as the source
When paraphrasing, the length of your paraphrase should be:
About the same length as the original
How long should a paraphrase be in comparison with its source?
About the same length as the source
Per Ballenger, which of the following types of sources is generally the most authoritative?
Academic journals
Articles that rely heavily on jargon or technical language, on statistics, charts, and graphs, and that are written by experts in the field generally appear in:
Academic or professional journals
Per Ballenger, it is a good idea to quote a source when:
All of the above are true
Which library staff member is in charge of government documents?
Amelia Thomas
Ballenger identifies different approaches to research, what he calls "typical school research routines." Which sort of researcher tends to limit herself to searching for the kinds of sources with which she is most familiar?
Fast surfer
What does "et al" mean?
And others
Titles of academic journals:
Are italicized
Titles of books:
Are italicized
Which of the following is not one of the Boolean operators?
BUT
As a general rule, according to Bruce Ballenger (author of The Curious Researcher), how much of the typical college research paper should involve quotations?
Between 10 and 20%
As a general rule, the college research paper should contain no more than what percentage of quoted material?
Between 10% and 20%
Which idea exploration technique generally involves talking ideas over with others, often with several other people? Different ideas are tossed out and discussed, whether in person or online.
Brainstorming
Quoting involves:
Bringing a source's exact words into your text
If you wish to keep a book longer than three weeks, you must bring that book to the library to check it out again.
False
It is okay for a summary to contain information not found in the source.
False
Where do you go in the library to pick up an interlibrary loan after it has come in?
Circulation desk
Which exploration technique uses a visual scheme or chart to generate ideas? It is often helpful for understanding the relationships among the parts of a broad topic and for developing subtopics.
Clustering
What mark of punctuation is used to separate the main title of a source from the subtitle?
Colon
What mark of punctuation appears after the title of a website?
Comma
What mark of punctuation appears at the end of a periodical title?
Comma
A number of factors influence what Lunsford calls "the rhetorical situation," but she considers one element more important than the others. Which one does she consider the most crucial?
Context
Which research routines does Ballenger consider the most effective?
Deep diver
What is the term academics use to describe certain identifiable ways in which people with expertise talk to each other, ask questions, or evaluate evidence they consider convincing?
Discourse community
Generally speaking, an author is considered more credible when he or she:
Documents his/her sources through the use of notes and citations
Which note taking method does Bruce Ballenger, the author of The Curious Researcher, recommended that students use for their research projects?
Double-entry journal method
Which of these library databases is actually a collection of approximately thirty-five different sub-databases?
Ebsco Host
The Frenchman, Michel Montaigne, coined the term essay, which means "to attend" or "to try," as a way to describe the type of writing he wished to do. He wished to do writing that was:
Exploratory
Good research papers tend to rely heavily on a single source.
False
Lunsford considers the writing you do for your college classes to be which type of rhetorical situation?
Formal
You must indent a quotation (also known as blocking it) when it takes up more than _____ typed lines in your own paper.
Four
Which web browser / search engine is currently most popular in the United States?
Andrea Lunsford, the author of The Everyday Writer, states that throughout the research process, as you are reading, digesting, and taking notes from your sources, you are synthesizing. What does she mean by "synthesizing"?
Grouping similar pieces of data together, looking for patterns or trends, and identifying the main points of the data
Which library staff member is the public services (a.k.a. reference) librarian?
Hannah Rogers
According to Ballenger, what is the most important consideration in selecting a topic for a research paper?
Having a genuine interest in or curiosity about your topic
Which of these library databases allows you to search full runs of academic journals in such disciplines as history, language & literature, religion, art, sociology, zoology, and more?
J-Stor
In a formal summary, where is the first place you must identify your source?
In your first sentence
In the source, its author's thesis may appear anywhere, but in your formal summary of that source, its author's thesis appears where?
In your first sentence
When no parenthetical citation is used, the period or comma at the end of a quotation is placed:
Inside the closing quotation mark
What is an annotation?
It involves adding your own explanatory or critical notes to the margin of a text.
What is a quotation?
It involves reproducing a source's exact words into your own paper; you must use special formatting or punctuation marks to signal to the reader that you are using someone else's words.
When it comes to creating keyword searches, what does Ballenger mean by the term nesting?
It involves the use of parentheses around two or more terms in a phrase. This prompts the computer to look for those terms first. (Montana OR Idaho)
What is plagiarism?
It involves using others' ideas or words without signaling to the reader the source of the ideas or language.
How are titles of databases, such as ProQuest or Academic Search Complete, formatted?
Italicized
The title of a website is placed in:
Italics
Lunsford draws an analogy between a specific Greek god/goddess and the need to consider the rhetorical situation of any writing task. Who is that Greek god/goddess?
Kairos, the god of opportunity
A well-written paraphrase will:
Make the meaning of the original easier to understand
A source that tries to report facts and to minimize author bias is:
Objective
A hanging indent is used with each Works Cited entry. When word processing, how far from the left margins is each line after the first indented?
One-half inch
Which document format is reliably paginated?
What is it called when an article is read by a group of experts, who consider its validity, argument, and factual accuracy, before it is published, thus making that article more credible?
Peer review
What mark of punctuation appears at the end of a book title?
Period
What mark of punctuation appears at the end of the title of an article from a popular magazine?
Period
What mark of punctuation is used to end each citation on the Works Cited page?
Period
What marks of punctuation appears after the title of a webpage?
Period
Using other' ideas or words as if they were your own is:
Plagiarism
Sources like magazines and newspapers are examples of what type of source?
Popular
Sources that provide first hand knowledge, that are basic sources of raw information, are known as:
Primary
Summarizing involves:
Putting a significantly shortened version of a passage from a source in your own words
Paraphrasing involves:
Putting an author's material into your own words and sentence structures
Lunsford stresses the importance of beginning one's research project with library sources rather than simply browsing the Internet. Which of the following does she consider the most important and valuable of the library's resources?
Reference librarians
Not all types of periodicals are equally authoritative. Which of the following is considered the most reliable and credible?
Scholarly journals
Sources that report on or analyze the research of others or that describe or interpret the research of others are known as:
Secondary
If available, what information always begins any Work Cited entry?
The author's name
When evaluating a source, which criterion should be given the greatest weight and importance, according to your professor?
The credibility and expertise of the author
It is sometimes confusing to know what to cite for the place of publication for a book, since several cities are occasionally listed on eat book's title page. Which one do you use?
Trick question: You no longer need to identify the place of publication
According to Dr. Robertson, it is a good idea to include access dates in your citations for websites.
True
An indented quotation is not also placed within quotation marks.
True
As a general rule, the more current sources are the better ones.
True
Because there is so much information available in libraries, librarians have developed a special language, involving specific combinations of words, in order to organize and search for that information.
True
If the name of the sponsor or publisher of a website is the same as the title of the website, it is okay to omit the name of the sponsor or publisher from your citation.
True
It is not necessary to document information that is considered common knowledge.
True
When information went digital, a new phenomenon emerged: sometimes information simply disappears. Which type of source is likely to be the least stable?
Web pages
What is free writing?
Writing for a period of time without stopping
Which abbreviation is used to indicate the page numbers for a multi-page article from a periodical or an essay out of a book?
pp.
When you wish to quote from a source and an error, such as a misspelling or grammatical mistake, appears in that source, what Latin word do you use to indicate that the error is form the original source and not your own type?
sic
