How to Make the Most of The Little Seagull

Match the section designation with the kind of pronoun information you'll find there. Some information is found in more than one place. (You may want to use the search function of the ebook to help you here.)

E-2b pronoun-antecedent agreement E-2c pronoun case S-6c pronoun case P-5a possessive pronouns L-10d asking people what pronoun they use for themselves in the 3rd person S-6a pronoun-antecedent agreement

Your instructor assigns you to read section R-4e for tomorrow's class. What are the easiest and fastest ways to find R-4e?

Easiest and Fastest Ways use the Search function in the ebook. look in the Detailed Menu in either the print book or the ebook. Not the Easiest and Fastest Ways use the Glossary/Index. look in the Brief Menu on the inside front cover of the print book. leaf through the print book until you find it.

Your US History instructor has assigned a research project, and you're freaking out! You have to select an event or incident that occurred in your town between 1900 and 1950 and write an in-depth report on it using mainly primary sources. What are "primary sources" for local history and how would you even find them?!? Little Seagull Handbook to the rescue!Which of these sections would help you get started?

Helpful for This Glossary/Index R-1g R-1e Not So Helpful for This Detailed Menu R-4g R-3a

Do you know what an infinitive is? No, it's not Buzz Lightyear's Twitter handle. In fact, it's a grammatical term that will very likely be useful for you to know at some point since it has several functions in English and is used very frequently. Match the example sentences (infinitives in bold) with the book sections that discuss those specific uses of infinitives.

S-6c I'll ask the office to issue me a new ID. Correct label:I'll ask the office to issue me a new ID. S-1c Our only plan is to bake a cake. Correct label:Our only plan is to bake a cake. S-4b You need to register before the deadline. Correct label:You need to register before the deadline. L-7c She started to methodically unwrap the suspicious package. Correct label:She started to methodically unwrap the suspicious package.

At some point, you may be assigned to write a summary/response paper. "What's that?" you ask. Well, you've come to the right place. Match the section numbers below with the headings or subheads that organize the information to help you draft a terrific summary/response paper.

W-12a a concise summary of the text An explicit response with support R-4d Summarizing W-12b Use signal phrases to distinguish what the author says from what you say Reflect on your own reaction to a text

Shireen wrote such a great biology paper that she was selected to present it at a statewide undergraduate research conference. At first, she was really excited, but as the date approaches, her stage fright is giving her a stomachache. She's totally confident about the material; it's the presenting itself that she's worried about. Which of these sections will be the most useful to her right now?

W-7c

Context is really important in writing. Which of these sections will help you consider context effectively?

W-9b

Which of these topics is not covered in the Research portion (all sections that begin with R-) of the book?

Finding books in libraries that use the Dewey Decimal system

Do you know what subordinate clauses are? You may not, even though you hear, read, and use them many times every day. We can't guarantee that knowing about them will make you the star of a party conversation, but being able to effectively use subordinate clauses in your academic work can make you a better writer. Little Seagull approaches the subject of subordinate clauses from many different angles. Which of these sections can help you draft and edit subordinate clauses in your academic work?

Helpful for This Glossary/Index S-8b E-1d E-1a Not So Helpful for This L-4 S-6c P-1b

Which of these sections will help you decide where (and where not) to put a comma?

Helpful for This S-3a E-1b P-1h Not So Helpful for This E-3a W-10a S-6b

Tyrone's classes are a little surprising to him this term, to be honest. The writing class, which is the one he felt least confident about at first, is going pretty well. The economics class—the one he was most excited about—is causing him a lot of grief; he's having trouble with the readings. While he's reading, it makes sense and he understands it, but an hour later, he hardly remembers anything he's read. Little Seagull Handbook to the rescue! Which sections offer the most help for his situation?

Helpful for This W-3b W-3c Not So Helpful for This R-4a W-5b W-13b

Throughout your college career, you will encounter many arguments in your readings, and at some point, you will almost certainly need to write one. Which of these sections can help you with analyzing, evaluating, and organizing an argument?

Helpful for This W-3d W-8b R-2c Not So Helpful for This P-4d S-5a S-8b

One of your peer reviewers said that your ideas were solid, but your paper was hard to follow because the paragraphs seemed disorganized. Oh, well, it was just one peer review. But then your instructor made the same observation. Uh-oh. Time to consult Little Seagull for some advice. Which of these sections can help with paragraph organization?

Helpful for This W-5a W-5c W-4f Not So Helpful for This W-13b W-10a S-8

For her literature class paper last term, Kaylee cited an essay that impressed her; her instructor required MLA style for the documentation of work in their class. Here is how the essay appeared in the Works Cited list of her literature paper: Lorde, Audre. "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action." The Routledge Reader of African American Rhetoric, edited by Vershawn Ashanti Young and Michelle Bachelor Robinson, Routledge, 2018, pp 588-90. This term, Kaylee plans to include a discussion of the same essay in a paper she is writing for her Narrative Medicine class; that instructor requires documentation using APA style. Which of the following entries is shown in appropriate APA style?

Lorde,A.(2018). The transformation of silence into language and action. In V.A Young and M.B. Robison(Eds.), The Routledge reader of African American rhetoric: The longue duree of black voices(pp. 588-590). Routledge.(Orignal work published 1978)

Rudy is writing a report on the social behavior of octopuses for his Biology for Non-Science Majors class, and he is citing a recent popular book, The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery, as one of his sources. The instructor allows students to use any one of the four documentation styles that are detailed in Little Seagull Handbook as long as they are careful and consistent with whichever one they choose. Rudy has written the following sentence in his draft: Montgomery asserts that an octopus can have "some shy arms and some bold arms," since each arm is quite autonomous. Before he turns his paper in, he needs to add the appropriate documentation to the sentence. Match the sentence variants below with the appropriate documentation styles and book sections where they're described.

MLA- Montgomery asserts that an octopus can have "some shy arms and some bold arms," since each arm is quite autonomous (160) CMS- Montgomery asserts that an octopus can have "some shy arms and some bold arms," since each arm is quite autonomous.1 1. Montgomery, Octopus, 160. APA- Montgomery (2015) asserted that an octopus can have "some shy arms and some bold arms," since each arm is quite autonomous (p. 160). CSE- Montgomery asserted that an octopus can have "some shy arms and some bold arms," since each arm is quite autonomous (2015).

Have you ever noticed that the name of the burger place with the golden arches has an apostrophe, but the name of the popular pizza chain named for a Roman emperor doesn't? That's ok; company names don't have to conform to the conventions of academic writing, but in your class work, you do. Which of these sections will help you know when to use an apostrophe (and when not to)?

P-5

Help settle an argument. Dana, Emmet, Joyce, and Rene are doing a collaborative paper for their Introduction to Psychology class, which requires APA documentation style. They work well together mostly, but sometimes they argue over details; for example, this sentence in their draft: When one-year old babies follow someone's gaze, Gopnik asserts, they are starting to understand that their perceptions can be shared by other people. Two of the team members say that the sentence is fine the way it is; the other two insist that "asserts" (present tense) should be changed to "asserted" (past tense) in order to conform to APA style requirements. Consult your ebook and help them out. Which sections would settle the argument about verb tenses that they need?

Settles the Argument R-4e E-3b Doesn't Settle the Argument APA-b Glossary/Index

In some of the entries in the Glossary/Index, the head word or phrase is in bold type, while other heads are not. What is unique about the boldfaced entries?

They include a definition of the word or phrase

Little Seagull has you covered for many—but not all—of the kinds of writing you'll be doing in your college classes. Match each kind of writing with its appropriate chapter.

W-8 argument W-10 report W-14 proposal W-16 annotated bibliography

In class yesterday, your teacher used the term "signal phrase," and you aren't familiar with it. You want to find it in your handbook. What's the quickest and most direct way to find the definition of the term? Try out all of the given options in your ebook before you select your answer, so that you can see for yourself how each option functions.

look in the glossary/index