tech writing quiz 4

When you paraphrase, or put information from a source into your own words, you must change not only the words of the original source, but also the sentence structure, and you must cite the source within your text

True

The example here is documented properly, true or false? One critic complains of the authors, "They're sheep in wolves' clothing who manage to write about bad things and make you feel good". (Bukiet 35)

False, period should be at the end of citation (Bukiet, 35).

You may NEVER use a colon after a full sentence to introduce a quotation.

False; You may use a colon after a full sentence to introduce a quotation. When quotation marks are included in the original text, the internal (or original) quotations marks become single.

After the blocked quotation, your analysis of the quote should continue at the left margin.

True

Be sure to pay attention to details like alphabetical order, capitalization of titles, and placement of periods, commas, and colons

True

Be sure to use quotation marks around key words from your source and cite parenthetically at the end of the sentence.

True

Double-space your entire works cited list.

True

Even if you use just a few words from an author in a sentence that is mostly your own, you still have to use quotation marks around those apt words and cite your source parenthetically at the end of the sentence.

True

MLA documentation can help you avoid plagiarism

True

Whether you quote, paraphrase, or summarize a single phrase or a whole chapter, you must acknowledge the original author (both within the text and in your works cited page) no matter how much of the source you use or how often you use it.

True

You must cite the source within your text any time you use others' work, facts, ideas, statistics, diagrams, charts, drawings, music, or words in your paper

True

Long quotations are indented one inch from the left margin without quotation marks, and the period is placed before the parenthetical citation.

True.

While business documents do follow MLA formatting, the workplace writer is able to incorporate elements of design to create a professional, captivating, and appealing document, including larger font and use of color.

True?

The following example is documented properly, true or false? Anna Funder explains that the Stasi "was a bureaucracy metastasized through East German society" (sic) (5).

True? Because the author's name is given in the sentence, only the page number is cited in parentheses. Quotations must be presented exactly as they appear in the original text. The addition of sic in parentheses after the quotation lets readers know that the quotation was typed accurately despite the appearance of a mistake or misspelling.

Even if your whole paragraph is a paraphrase or summary of one source, it is not acceptable to cite only at the end of the paragraph. You must clearly signal where your borrowing begins and cite throughout the paragraph as necessary to make clear to your reader that you are still borrowing from the same source.

True

For MLA, the format of your paper should follow these guidelines: double space the entire paper, including the heading and title, quotations, and works cited list; set one-inch margins for all sides of the paper; include a header with your last name and the page number one-half inch from the top of the paper and flush with the right margin. Use a readable, 12-point font

True

Indent the second and all subsequent lines of any single works-cited entry; this is called a hanging indent.

True

The following example of key words used within a paraphrased sentence is documented properly, true or false? Boccaccio preferred to read literature that was "cellular" in terms of organization with stories told in "autonomous sequences" instead of one long narrative (Usher xviii).

True

The parenthetical citation within the text of your document corresponds to a source listed in your works cited document so your reader knows which information came from which source.

True

The works cited list gives full bibliographic information for all works cited in your paper

True

To document a web site, MLA no longer recommends providing the URL in the works cited entry. You should only include the URL in your citation if your reader could probably not find the web site using a search engine (e.g. Google, Yahoo!) or if your professor requires it.

True

Use an ellipsis—three periods with spaces in between—to show that words were left out of the middle of the quoted sentence.

True

When you quote from a source, be sure to put quotation marks around the author's exact words, and be sure the quoted material is copied exactly.

True

The following paraphrase from a website is documented correctly even though it does not indicate a page number, true or false? Most of the reports submitted to the Starbucks Business and Ethics Compliance Department address issues in the category of employee relations ("Business Ethics").

True? Even if you paraphrase (i.e. put information from the source into your own words), you still must provide a citation at the end of the sentence. If the source does not list an author, use the first word or two of the title in your parenthetical citation. In this example, the source does not have page or paragraph numbers because it is a web site.

The following example is documented properly, true or false? Herr Bock, a former training professor at the Ministry of State Security, explains that, above all, an informer "needed to be honest, faithful, and trustworthy" (qtd. in Funder 200).

True? If you quote or paraphrase text that is itself quoted from another source, you should cite the indirect source—the one that you have accessed and read yourself—not the original one. Begin your parenthetical citation with qtd. in, which is short for quoted in.