Writing week 4
Which of the following opening sentences is correctly written for a summary? Multiple choice question.
In his article, "What's the Purpose of College?" Brandon Busteed argues that the purpose of college can be both to find a satisfying career and to find a purposeful life.
You are proofreading your summary draft and came across the sentence below. What is wrong with the sentence? Sentence: In the article, "What's the Purpose of College?" argues that the purpose of college can be both to find a satisfying career and to find a purposeful life.
It is a sentence fragment.
What is wrong with the following sentence written in a summary? Summary Sentence: The author talks about the purpose of college Multiple choice question.
It is too vague.
Which of the following sentences contains an appositive?
Leucippus, the first "atomist," described sleep as something that happened to the body when "the excretion of fine-textured atoms exceeds the accretion of psychic warmth."
You are writing a paper for an English class. What citation style is your professor most likely to ask you to use?
MLA
You are reading a text and want to chunk the reading for comprehension. However, the text does not contain section headings. What can you do?
chunk the text by related paragraphs
What is the most typical and fundamental type of writing students do in college?
essays
You are annotating and summarizing a text for comprehension. You are ready to begin your summaries of the chunked text. What should you include in your summaries?
main ideas
When writing a summary, what is the last step you should take?
proofread the draft for clear and correct writing
What is a good rule to follow when quoting words or phrases from another writer?
quote three or more words in a row
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. The opening sentence of a summary should ______.
restate the author's thesis of the text
When chunking text for comprehension, what should you focus on? Select all that apply.
the introduction, body, and conclusion sections headings topic sentences
You have been given the writing prompt below. What is the purpose for the writing? Prompt: Parents at a nearby high school are complaining that their children are getting too much homework. Write an essay to present at a school board meeting that explains how much homework students should be required to complete and why that amount of homework is beneficial.
to persuade
You are doing a second read-through of a text and come across a word you don't know. What is the first thing you should try to figure out the definition of the word?
use the context clues
What are common mistakes novice summary writers make? Select all that apply.
writing a summary that is too detailed inaccurately restating the author's ideas being too vague about what the author believes
What is patchwriting?
writing that "patches" together pieces of an original text to create a new text
What is an essay?
a piece of writing that expresses an author's point of view on a topic
You are reading through a draft of a summary you are currently writing. You feel as though each sentence of the summary reads like a separate idea. What can you do?
add transitions between the different section summaries
You've just finished chunking a text for comprehension. What would be the next logical step to take?
annotate and summarize the main ideas of each chunk
What is the purpose of the conclusion in an essay? Select all that apply.
briefly summarizes the information presented in the essay ends with a final thought for readers
What should each body paragraph begin with?
A topic sentence
Why should you avoid patchwriting?
The new text includes many phrases from the original text and is considered plagiarism.
You are editing your summary draft on the importance of sleep for success. You are looking for logical flow in the summary. You come across the sentences below. What is wrong with the second sentence? Sentences: Sleep is an important ingredient to help college students learn better. According to researchers, food and exercise helps one be more successful in college.
The second sentence is not focused on the topic of sleep.
You are working on a tentative, or working, thesis. Your first attempt produced the thesis statement below. while a good tentative thesis, why is this not a good final thesis? Tentative thesis: High school students get too much homework.
The thesis is too general.
When editing a summary draft, what should you pay attention to with the verbs in the summary? Multiple choice question.
They should be in past tense.
Select all that apply What should you remember when drafting a summary? Select all that apply.
When rewriting the main ideas in your own words, they should be rewritten in one- or two-sentence summaries The short summaries of each main idea should be rewritten in the same order as in the original text.
