English Unit 4

Read the following introductory paragraph: The community comes alive at night! Schools that once were dark in the evening are now alive with lights and people. The people are adults and the lights are on and the school buildings are open because adults are enrolled in community education classes. What will the topic of this essay be?

Adult education

Show that you know how to use transitional elements by rewriting the following set of sentences into a coherent paragraph. Career planning is essential for all high school students. Students need to understand their strengths and weaknesses. They should learn where their talents lie. They should know career opportunities for the twenty-first century. They should know which jobs require further schooling. They should know how much the job they are interested in will pay.

Career planning is essential for all high school students. To do this, students need to first understand their strengths and weaknesses. Similarly, they should also learn where their talents lie. After that, they should know career opportunities for the twenty-first century. In addition, they should know which jobs require further schooling. Finally, they should know how much the job they are interested in will pay.

Read the following introductory paragraph: Carnivorous plants usually eat only bugs or hamburger, but legend has it that some carnivorous plants actually attack and eat people. Whether they do or not is a matter for debate. Carnivorous plants are a challenge to the grower. What will the topic of this essay be?

Challenges of carnivorous plants

A restricted thesis statement should _____.

Contain only one idea

An _____ is a short summary of the content or approach of an article.

annotation

The explanatory note about the kind of information a source contains is called a(n)

annotation

Identify the type of the following note. The author's intensity in de-emphasizing the role of organized crime in the state is distressing particularly because three other authors believe organized crime is the reason the state is failing to prosper.

critical

Identify the type of the following note. Dwight McDonald remarked, "In an age that was enthusiastic about social issues, Agee's whole style was individualistic and antiscientific."

direct quotation

Read the thesis statement and notes which follow. Check those options which would improve the quality of the paper by making the thesis and notes more closely aligned. Thesis: Ability grouping in schools is detrimental to slower students. Notes:1. Bright students gain from being in class with both average and slow students.2. Slower students are deprived of the intellectual stimulation of more advanced students.3. Slow students develop poor self-images.4. Teachers spend less time with slow students when they know these students are slow.5. The average student is the forgotten student in the school with ability grouping. To improve this paper, _____.

discard notes 1 and 5, OR rewrite the thesis statement to apply to all students, OR

Read the thesis statement and notes which follow. Check those options which would improve the quality of the paper by making the thesis and notes more closely aligned. Thesis: During the Civil War, my hometown was a strategic link in the Underground Railroad. Notes:1. Runaway slaves were hidden by local residents.2. My great-grandfather transported more than three hundred slaves across the state line in his hay wagon.3. Today, the children of many former slaves live in my hometown.4. My hometown was first settled by the English in 1700. To improve this paper, _____.

discard notes 3 and 4

Which is correct? After reading a magazine article, you arrive at the idea that coffee grounds rubbed on a wart will make it go away. You decide to use that idea in your research paper.

documentation needed

Read the following introductory paragraph: Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general.Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?Above all, Americans admire what they represent. What technique does the author use to grab the reader's interest?

draws a contrast

A tertiary source is the most desirable source for a researcher to use.

false

If a book or magazine article has been published by a known publishing company, the information is true.

false

Magazine article titles are always underlined.

false

Researchers must always use more than one library to gain enough material for a research paper.

false

Researchers should generally avoid primary sources because truth can be lost when an idea has been interpreted by two or three people.

false

Since a source is published, it can be trusted to be accurate.

false

If the same author has written more than one article or book being used by the researcher, the researcher can avoid confusion by _____.

listing the book or article title with the note

Identify the sentence as not unified, not precise, not restricted, or all right. not restricted not precise not unified all right During my first week of high school, I didn't know whether I was coming or going.

not precise

Identify the type of the following note. Author says that the discovery of zero is a great cultural accomplishment.

paraphrase

Identify the type of the following note. The author's experience in Alabama strengthened his commitment: a vision "too intense to be expressed in conventional forms."

paraphrase

An original work or a scientist's experiment is called a _____.

primary source

Read the thesis statement and notes which follow. Check those options which would improve the quality of the paper by making the thesis and notes more closely aligned. Thesis: IQ test scores do not necessarily define a person's intelligence. Notes:1. IQ tests do not measure a person's ability to learn a new skill.2. Interest inventories chart a person's preference for certain activities.3. IQ tests have been shown to have a cultural bias.4. IQ tests actually measure a person's knowledge.5. IQ tests measure a person's ability to reason and think logically.

rewrite the thesis to include both the limitations and strengths of IQ tests discard note 2

A critical article about a book is called a _____.

secondary source

Identify the type of the following note. PolicyPhilosophyLawUsed to governEthically formulated

summary

Identify the type of the following note. The main idea of the chapter was that, to maintain some measure of self respect, a person must not let others dictate to him what his actions should be.

summary

The note that expresses a general idea about a source is a _____.

summary

A research paper should be no more than about _____ percent quoted material.

ten

The kind of source to be avoided in a research paper is the ____ source

tertiary

A report of a magazine article about an experiment is a _____

tertiary source

A statement that controls the ideas expressed in the research paper is a _____.

thesis statement

A student researcher should consult at least five varied sources for an 800- to 1,000-word research paper.

true

Annotation and note-taking are different processes, but they may be done simultaneously.

true

Besides the actual information, notes should include an indication of the source and page number.

true

Direct quotations should constitute no more than ten percent of the total words of the research paper.

true

Getting as close as possible to the ______is the paramount goal in any type of research.

truth