ENGL148N Advanced English Composition
Week 2 Quiz
True or False: An effective argument can bring about many positive social changes.
True
False
Which statement is true about a good argument?
The loudest voice will always win the argument.
Criticizing an opponent's family is a sound argumentative approach.
Good argument needs only passion; everything else will fall into place.
Good argument is built carefully and thoughtfully.
True or False: Being understanding of opposing viewpoints makes a writer look weak and causes their argument to have no merit or strength.
True
False
When are we most likely to pick up the misconception that argument is bad?
When we realize that listening to other points of view is valuable
While studying effective ways to use solid logic
When watching a well-monitored debate between two college students on a stage
While listening to political opponents attack one another in personal ways
True or False: The only time we use argument techniques in our lives is when writing a formal argument essay in a college class.
True
False
Here are four examples of how an argument might be used in your world today. Please select the three examples that are “Helpful” and the one example that is “Not Helpful.”
Helpful
Not Helpful
Two of your roommates are clashing over house rules, and it is getting disruptive. You decide to mediate by helping each person understand the other person’s authentic concerns. You then use critical thinking to help them write up a couple of viable solutions they can choose from.
Someone comes to your door asking if you’d like to sign a petition for a specific type of action. Before making your decision, you ask the person about the action, then you research the impacts of the action being taken or not taken. Then, you make your informed choice to sign or not.
You are at Target. You overhear two women snickering at you and pointing at your rainbow-dyed hair. You become enraged, walk up to them, and begin pointing out that they are jerks and are probably lonely, miserable people. You then see that they have children behind them; you look at the children and say, “I feel sorry for you,” and walk off.
You are passionate about becoming an oncologist one day because of the many people you have lost to cancer. As you move through college, however, you find yourself drawn to other areas of medicine. Instead of making a hasty decision, you sit down and think hard about the logic behind each choice, and you perform scholarly research to fully understand what your life will look like in the future with each different choice.
Which scenario represents a good way to find argument topics for college essays?
You could go to a website that sells essays and buy one that matches your assignment.
You could think about all the ways in which your sister irritates you and choose one of those, like how she chews her food, as your argument topic.
You may be given a topic by your instructor, or you may be asked to examine current debates in the world and choose one that appeals to you.
You might wait until you see what other students are choosing for topics and steal one of their topics so that you can copy the rest of the research and writing they do all semester.
Please review the following list of topics. Select “Yes” if the statement is a good argument topic for a college class and select “No” if the statement is not a good argument topic for a college class. Hint: Two will be “Yes” and three will be “No.”
Yes No
The requirements for watering lawns in our town are too lax; we must re-examine and tighten those guidelines.
Last night, my roommates had a huge fight about the remote control, and I locked myself in my room.
I feel very uncomfortable when a customer starts complaining loudly in a restaurant.
Because medications of all types improve the quality of life, we must make all drugs a doctor prescribes available and affordable.
When a person disagrees with me on Facebook, I just block them.
Which statement is true of an effective argument?
Criticizing an opponent’s house is a sound argumentative approach.
As long as we write about how much our topic means to us, the argument will be effective.
Angry reactions make an argument strong.
For an argument to be effective, it must be built slowly, using careful critical thinking.
True or False: Examining viewpoints that are different from ours makes our arguments stronger.
True
False
Why might we develop the misconception that argument is bad?
Throughout our lives, we observe nasty insults being thrown around in political ads and in political debates.
We learned to use solid logic and credible scholarly research in high school.
Early in life, our parents developed a system for talking out issues with our siblings in a calm, reasonable way.
Our teacher, in grade school, asked us to take turns being “for” or “against” an idea so that we could understand that opinions other than our own are valid.
True or False: Strong argument techniques can be used in many ways, in all sorts of personal, work, and academic settings.
True
False
True or False: The more creative ways we find to make fun of our opponent, the stronger our argument will be.
True
False
Here are five examples of how you might use argument in your personal, professional, and academic life. Please select the three examples that are “Effective” and the two examples that are “Not Effective.”
Effective Not Effective
A young man comes to your door asking if you’d like to join a neighborhood watch group. Before making your decision, you ask the person about how this group would operate, what people would do, and how much time it would take, then you research neighborhood watch groups. Finally, you make your informed choice about whether to join or not.
You are in the grocery store. You notice a mother saying “No toys today” to a toddler. You become enraged, walk up to her, and begin pointing out that she is mean and that her child is going to hate her because a child didn’t get what they wanted as a child, causing them to be an unhappy adult.
Your sisters are fighting over an heirloom of your grandmother’s, and it is getting out of control. You decide to mediate by helping each person understand the other person’s authentic concerns. You then use critical thinking to help them write up a couple of viable solutions they can choose from.
You notice that two of your friends had car accidents within a year of getting their driver’s licenses. Because of this, you infer that all teens have accidents in their first year of driving and that therefore your younger siblings should never be allowed to drive.
You are passionate about becoming a cardiologist one day because heart disease runs in your family. As you move through college, however, you find yourself drawn to other areas of medicine. Instead of making a hasty decision, you sit down and think hard about the logic behind each choice, and you perform scholarly research to fully understand what your life will look like in the future with each different choice.
Which action should you avoid taking when looking for an argument topic for your college essay?
If you aren’t assigned a topic by your instructor, you could wait until you see what other students are choosing for topics and steal one of their topics so that you can copy the rest of the research and writing they do all semester.
If your teacher asks you to take a position on a specific current event, you could begin mapping out your stance and looking at opposing viewpoints.
If you are assigned a topic by your instructor, you should write about the topic you have been assigned.
If you aren’t assigned a topic, you might brainstorm for major issues that interest you.
Please review the following list of topics. Select “Argument” if the topic is a topic you could use for an argument project. Select “Not Argument” if the topic is not viable for an argument essay. Hint: Two will be “Argument” and three will be “Not Argument.”
Argument
Not Argument
Some plants re-grow every year, but some do not.
I had so much fun with all my cousins at the mall last weekend.
Because health is important to happiness in all areas of life, we must develop better ways for all people to access good health care.
The requirements for trimming trees in our town are too strict; we must re-examine and change those guidelines.
I saw Mary totally flipping out about sunscreen on Facebook yesterday.
Which statement is true of a good argument essay topic?
As long as you feel passionately about the topic, your topic will be effective.
As long as you find sources that you agree with, you can write your argument essay topic by paraphrasing what those sources say.
A good argument essay topic will be a factual statement that there is a debate raging in the country over it.
A good argument essay topic will be your stance on a particular issue and will have reasonable opposition.
True or False: When looking for opposing viewpoints, your only option is to find sources that disagree with every element of your stance.
True
False
Please read each of the following statements carefully. Which statements are true about narrowing a topic for your argument research essay, and which are false? Hint: 3 are true, and 2 are false.
True False
If your instructor gives you a large theme or big topic, you are all set; there is no need to narrow beyond that large theme or topic.
One way to narrow a topic is to ask yourself why it is important and to list multiple reasons.
One way to narrow a topic is to find a specific stance on the internet and copy it.
When you establish your goals, such as what you want your reader to understand, you become more in touch with your topic.
One way to narrow your topic further and make it more argumentative in nature is to find scholarly research that presents a range of opinions and thoughts on your topic.
Which statement represents the best mindset to have when you begin creating your argument essay topic?
I am going to relax and do some nice, free brainstorming and see what ideas come to the surface.
If I can’t immediately write an “A+” topic for my argument research essay, I am doomed.
I should focus on a topic that I like without trying to interest my readers in it.
I must find an issue that I can completely solve in this essay.
True or False: If I choose a topic that does not interest all of my readers, there is nothing I can do to make them care.
True
False
Below are five approaches to testing your argument essay topic and narrowing it down. Please select which are helpful and which are not helpful. Hint: 3 are helpful, and 2 are not helpful.
Helpful
Not Helpful
To narrow your argument essay topic, brainstorm to generate multiple possible supporting and opposing arguments.
If you notice that you cannot think of or even find any opposing viewpoints in the library, that is fine; your argument will be much stronger if no reasonable person would disagree.
Check to see if you have a true argument topic by discovering whether there are good, scholarly sources that agree with you and those that do not.
While reading sources in the proposal stage, take the best idea you find from a source and write it down as your essay’s topic.
To find a more precise angle for your argument, examine the range of thought, decide where your voice belongs on that spectrum, and consider how the voices surrounding yours can act as jumping points for argument.
Which should statement below is a true argument and not a given?
Children should be treated kindly.
No one should have to die from drinking water from the faucet in their kitchen.
Cars should not be crashing into houses.
The acceptable levels of toxins in drinking water should be significantly lowered nationwide.
True or False: The best approach to finding and narrowing your argument topic is to relax, be open to many ideas, be calm and confident, follow your instincts, and use brainstorming and preliminary scholarly research to discover supporting and opposing viewpoints.
True
False
Which statement is true of a good argument essay topic?
As long as you show your anger by placing an exclamation point at the end of your topic, your topic will be effective.
A good argument essay topic will be a given statement, like “Some people want gun control, and some do not.”
A good argument essay topic will be your stance on a particular issue and will have reasonable opposition.
As long as you find sources you agree with, you can write your argumentative essay topic by paraphrasing what those sources say.
True or False: As the writer of my essay, I have the freedom to develop ways to appeal to my readers and draw their attention.
True
False
Below are five suggestions for finding your particular topic. Please select which you should do and which you should not do. Hint: 2 are “Do” and 3 are “Don’t.”
Do Don’t
Find good, scholarly sources that agree with you and those that do not.
Find a good, scholarly source and copy its thesis statement word for word as your topic.
Find good, scholarly sources that disagree with you and begin digging up dirt on the authors. Did they ever declare bankruptcy? Have an affair? These questions will make your argument stronger.
Open your mind, relax, and brainstorm to generate multiple possible supporting and opposing arguments.
Decide that your topic is great as it is if you cannot generate any ideas about opposing viewpoints and cannot find any opposing sources; this means you have a strong argument.
Which statement is an argument stance?
Many feel that law enforcement rules are fine as they are, perhaps even too strict; however, some level of reform should be considered to reduce the loss of life.
Quite a few scholars believe that original historical documents are not being stored properly.
There are many different opinions about how old children should be when they are allowed to have a cell phone.
While some are opposed to police reform, others feel there should be police reform.
True or False: When using preliminary scholarly research to seek opposing viewpoints, you may find sources that agree and disagree on varying levels and in varying ways.
True
False
Please read each of the following statements carefully. Which statements should we consider good, and which ones should we consider bad for narrowing a topic down? Hint: 2 are good, and 3 are bad.
Good
Bad
Take time to think about and establish your goals, such as what you want your reader to understand and to become more in touch with your topic.
Narrow your topic further by going to Twitter and looking for hashtags that seem to agree with your stance.
Your instructor gives you a broad idea or theme, which means there is no need for you to narrow it.
While narrowing your topic, ask yourself why it is important and list multiple reasons.
While narrowing a topic down, find a blog online that has a clear opinion, and copy it.
Which statement represents the best way of thinking when working to find and narrow down an argument topic?
My topic must be good right away; I cannot keep working with it.
I must be able to find a solution to a big issue like world hunger.
It might take some time to get my topic in a good place, so I’ll relax and brainstorm and see what I get.
My approach should be to tell a personal story about my experience; if I do that, no one can refute my stance.
True or False: For maximum success, tell yourself, “I must find and narrow my argument topic right now, it must be correct immediately, and I should not need to spend any time at all thinking about it or performing any prewriting to get to it.”
True
False
True or False: One approach to prewriting an argument essay is to brainstorm for possible viewpoints that differ from yours.
True
False
Which statement best explains how and why you will use prewriting to develop your source-finding approaches?
You might use a formal outline to map out the information you wish to find in three different places: online blogs, Wikipedia, and Facebook.
You might use brainstormed listing to write down everything you can recall about the names of sites where you can purchase an essay for your class.
You might use clustering to divide and narrow your research ideas into support for your stance and opposing viewpoints.
You might use prewriting to compose your entire essay from start to finish by pasting together paragraphs you copied from scholarly sources.
Below are five statements about the preparation stage of an argument essay. From the drop-down options next to each statement, please choose “True” if the statement is true and choose “False” if the statement is false. Hint: Three are true, and two are false.
In the preparation stage for an argument essay, you should think about how the issue impacts you and not how it might impact others.
In the preparation stage for an argument essay, you will tentatively choose a few strongest supporting arguments for your essay.
In the preparation stage for an argument essay, you will tentatively choose a few strongest opposing arguments to address in your essay.
In the preparation stage for an argument essay, you might look at a few scholarly sources, record them appropriately in APA style, and note how those sources will work in your argument (where and to what purpose).
In the preparation stage for an argument essay, you should find a paper on the internet, copy it down, and write, “I will structure my essay like this one.”
Which statement is true regarding prewriting for an argument essay?
While prewriting, you should write slowly, correctly, and carefully; if an idea occurs to you that you don’t think will work, just reject it and don’t write it down.
While prewriting, you should be thinking about your full essay draft and how you will revise it later.
While prewriting, you should be very focused on the item over which you are prewriting by tapping into the deepest parts of your brain.
While prewriting, you should generate ideas for just arguments that support your stance and none that oppose it.
Below are five statements about using two types of prewriting: brainstorming and freewriting toward a strong argumentative essay. From the drop-down options, please choose “Good” if the statement represents a good approach and “Not Good” if the statement represents a poor approach. Hint: Two are good, and three are not good.
Some of the ideas we are searching our brain for include ideas that help support our stance.
Some of the ideas we are searching our brain for include possible opposing viewpoints.
After performing brainstorming and freewriting, it is best to set it aside and not look at it again.
One goal of freewriting and brainstorming is to create synonyms for "loser," which we can then apply in our essay when referring to opposing points of view.
After performing brainstorming and freewriting, you should go through what you have written and annotate your brainstorming and freewriting to identify ideas that will work for you in your essay. Good
Which are the benefits of using clustering?
Clustering helps with fractions and decimals
Clustering helps with organizing and narrowing.
Clustering helps with nutrition and exercise.
Clustering helps with drawing perfect circles and using complex software.
True or False: In argument writing, preparing is the time when you get your strategy for your argument in place.
True
False
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about why we use a “preparation” stage when building an argument?
The preparation stage is when we use clustering, brainstorming, and freewriting to generate many ideas.
The preparation stage is when we compile a rich, detailed, full outline of our essay, with all paragraphs and examples mapped out formally.
An effective argument requires careful revision, and the preparation stage is when we go through and carefully revise our full essay, based on feedback from the instructor and our peers.
An effective argument requires strategy, and the preparation stage helps us think about how we can best prove our point through the strategic use and structuring of points, opposition, and source materials.
True or False: One approach to prewriting an argument essay is to use clustering to generate ideas for your scholarly research.
True
False
Which statement about prewriting is the wisest to follow when you are generating argument essay ideas?
You should always be very focused on the single item over which you are prewriting by tapping into the deepest parts of your brain.
You must employ prewriting only toward generating ideas for arguments that support your stance and none that oppose it.
It is crucial, when prewriting, that you write slowly, correctly, and carefully, stopping to correct errors along the way and making sure you have nothing but full, complete sentences in the proper APA format.
You should never use prewriting until you begin composing your full essay draft and deciding how you will revise and edit it later on.
Below are five statements about brainstorming and freewriting toward a strong argumentative essay. Please choose “Appropriate” if the statement is appropriate and “Not Appropriate” if the statement is not. Hint: Two are appropriate statements and three are not.
Going through and annotating what you have written during brainstorming helps you identify ideas that will work best.
Brainstorming and freewriting are mental activities and do not result in any actual real ideas you could use in your essay.
Generating opposing viewpoint possibilities is one helpful use for brainstorming or freewriting.
Brainstorming is highly effective in helping us generate multiple ways to insult everyone who might oppose our argument stance.
Applying brainstorming and freewriting to generate supporting ideas for your stance is not necessary.
Why should you use clustering as a prewriting approach when preparing to write an argument research essay?
You should use clustering to narrow down into several larger categories all of the reasons your instructor should just give you an “A” right now and call it good.
You should use clustering to prove to your classmates that you have the coolest 3D diagramming skills.
You should use clustering to generate ideas, like support, opposition, and library search words and phrases.
You should not use clustering; it is very confusing and unhelpful.
True or False: In argument writing, preparing is the time when you think about your overall argument strategy, including where supporting and opposing points will work most effectively and how and where particular source ideas will be helpful.
True
False
Before we draft an argument research essay, why should we avoid moving straight from performing prewriting to composing a full, detailed outline of the essay?
We should avoid moving directly from prewriting to outlining because prewriting is not a good way to come up with useful ideas.
We should avoid moving directly from prewriting to outlining because before we create a formal outline, we must apply some strategy to our approach to the argument.
We should avoid moving directly from prewriting to outlining because once we finish prewriting, we must immediately write every word of the essay from start to finish.
We should avoid moving directly from prewriting to outlining because the best approach is to save any outlining for after your whole essay has been written and revised.
Why is it important to apply some form of prewriting to your research plans?
Your research experience will be more useful if you map out ahead of time which four websites over your topic you will use for copying and pasting together your paper with the least amount of work.
Your research experience will be more useful if you generate some good keywords and general research purposes ahead of time.
Your research experience will be more useful if you understand ahead of time which sub-areas of Wikipedia you should explore for all of the sources in your essay.
Your research experience will be more useful if you brainstorm for all the people you know who might have taken a writing class before and could lend you their paper.
During the preparation stage of argument writing, you should have several goals in mind. Please select “Yes” next to the statements below that represent useful goals for the preparation stage and select “No” next to the statements that do not represent useful goals for the preparation stage. Hint: Three are “Yes” and two are “No.”
One goal for the preparation stage of argument writing is to look at a few scholarly sources, record them appropriately in APA style, and note how those sources will work in your argument (where and to what purpose).
One goal for the preparation stage of argument writing is to tentatively choose a few strongest opposing arguments to address in your essay.
One goal for the preparation stage of argument writing is to find a paper on the internet, copy it down, and write, “I will structure my essay like this one.”
One goal for the preparation stage of argument writing is to think about how the issue impacts you and not how it might impact others.
One goal for the preparation stage of argument writing is to tentatively choose a few strongest supporting arguments for your essay. Yes
True or False: A source is always considered scholarly if the author has a doctoral degree.
True
False
Which search approach in the online library is likely to yield the most sources that are most closely related to your exact topic?
Placing quotation marks around your search terms in the library’s search bar, like this: “ethical dog owners.”
Typing in the library’s search bar multiple precise keywords that reflect your topic without placing quotation marks around them, like this: ethical dog breeder shelter owner.
Searching with just one broad word in the library’s search bar like this: dogs.
Typing a question in the library’s search bar with quotation marks around it, like this: “Why do some dog breeders practice ethical breeding, and some do not?”
Below, you will see the basic information from five different sources. If the source is scholarly, select the “scholarly” option from the drop-down menu; if it is not, select the “not scholarly” option.
“Doctoring Never Stops, Even on Vacation,” a blog post by Dr. Sheldon Ferguson
Writing Good Essays, a textbook from a class you are taking
A book about doctors and stress in the 21st century that you find by searching in the library and selecting “peer-reviewed” as an option
An article found by searching in the library, published in the magazine Good Housekeeping, titled “Is There a Doctor in the House?”
An article found by searching in the library, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, addressing a study of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in doctors who have suddenly been called on to treat strangers on the spot, in public, with no warning
Below are five statements about scholarly sources and using the library to research. From the drop-down options for each statement, select “True” if the statement is true and select “False” if the statement is false.
A true scholarly source is one written by professionals in the field and published in a newspaper, in a blog, on a personal website, or in a trade or popular magazine.
Your own credibility as a writer is impacted by the sources you use.
Your university’s library gives you access to thousands more scholarly articles published up to the current date than you can access via a regular internet source.
Once a source has been published and deemed peer-reviewed, it has been strenuously evaluated by multiple other degreed experts and declared legitimate.
You can maybe find some information on your topic in the university’s library, but not much.
True or False: Some topics, even when narrowed to a few very recent years, may yield tens of thousands of scholarly articles in the university’s library.
True
False
Which of the following items, typed exactly as they are, will yield the best, most relevant results in a library search?
Detroit problems
fixing AND with
drinking water Detroit statistic illness
“fixing problems with drinking water”
Please note the following six possible methods for narrowing a search that you typed in the search bar, with no quotation marks: protest social justice equality. Assume you have already narrowed your results list to “Peer-reviewed Journals” and to the last three years. You still have 156,000 hits. For each narrowing method listed below, please select “Effective” or “Not Effective.” Hint: Three are effective and three are not effective.
Effective
Not Effective
Because there are still over one hundred thousand sources, you add a couple more very specific words to your search terms, with no quotation marks: Black lives matter.
You decide that adding quotation marks around your search words will narrow your results to just the most important sources. You now type in, “protest social justice equality.”
After adding new words to your search and clicking on “search,” you don’t worry about the year or “Peer-reviewed Journal” narrowing areas because you already did that once when you first started searching.
You look over the subjects listed in the left menu to select the subjects that are relevant to your topic and not select (eliminate) subjects that are clearly not related to your topic.
Your narrowing methods should be not narrowing at all. Even though 156,000 is a lot, it’s fine to just pick the four sources at the top, go with those, and be done with your searching.
If you think carefully about your topic and know with certainty that the event you are writing about happened exactly one year ago and that you will be writing about only that event and immediate contexts, you might narrow more by cutting out the oldest year from your initial search.
Once you have saved the sources you feel will be most effective, which of the following might you do to access and read them?
The first short list of saved sources will be the total sources in your essay; you must stop searching now and write your paper.
Write down all of the authors and titles on your list so you can place them on your References page later to make it look like you read far more sources than you actually did.
You might click “Check Availability” under a source and open it immediately or email the source to yourself for later reading; either way, you will want to keep important sources where you can access them later, in this saved list.
If a non-.pdf version of the source is available on the first page that appears, yet a .pdf version is available, it makes no sense to open the .pdf version because you don’t need all that information, like page numbers or charts.
True or False: Any source written by a person with a doctoral degree would be considered scholarly.
True
False
Which of the following items, typed exactly as they are, will yield the best, most relevant results in a library search?
money issues
social AND danger
social security money future danger government
“why people think social security is in danger”
True or False: The words you choose and how you type them when searching in the library will make a major difference in the number of results you receive.
True
False
Please read through the following five possible narrowing instructions for a search you just performed. Your search involved typing without quotation marks: Supreme Court power limit term limit impeach. Assume you have already narrowed your results list to “Peer-reviewed Journals” and to the last three years.
You still have 211,000 hits. For each narrowing method listed below, please select “Yes” or “No,” depending on whether it would be a good approach. Hint: 2 are “Yes” and 3 are “No.”
Yes
No
Because there are still over two hundred thousand sources, add a couple more very specific words to your search terms, with no quotation marks. For example, you might add these words: history precedent.
Place quotation marks around your original search words to narrow your results to just the most important sources. You now type in, “Supreme Court power limit term limit impeach.” If you receive no results, that means there is nothing at all published about the topic and you should switch topics.
As you adjust your search and receive new results lists, never worry at all about re-selecting “Peer-reviewed Journals” or re-selecting recent dates. You already did that once when you first started searching and they automatically stay there forever.
Look over the subjects listed in the left menu to select the subjects that are relevant to your topic and choose those that are related to your purpose.
Do not narrow at all. Although 211,000 is a lot, it’s fine to just pick the four sources at the top, go with those, and be done with your searching.
Once you have saved the sources you feel will be most effective, which of the following methods can you use to access and preserve them?
Avoid opening library sources in .pdf format; it will annoy your instructor if you are able to use full and correct APA Style by citing page numbers when you quote exact words from an author.
You don’t have to actually open or read the sources you find in order to place them on your References page. Go ahead and write down all the sources and list them at the end of your essay later.
Once you do a single search and save a small list from that single search, just stop searching and write your paper.
You can always click on “check availability” right under a source in your results list or saved list, or you might email a source or multiple sources to yourself for later reading.
Below are five statements about scholarly sources and using the library to research. In the drop-down options for each statement, select “True” if the statement is true and select “False” if the statement is false. Hint: 3 are True and 2 are False.
Once a source has been published and deemed peer-reviewed, it has been strenuously evaluated by multiple other degreed experts and declared legitimate.
You can maybe find some information on your topic in the university’s library, but not much.
A true scholarly source is one written by professionals in the field and published in a newspaper, in a blog, on a personal website, or in a trade or popular magazine.
Your own credibility as a writer is impacted by the sources you use.
Your university’s library gives you access to thousands more scholarly articles published up to the current date than you can access via a regular internet source.
Of the following search methods, which will yield the most and best results?
Typing a question in the library’s search bar with quotation marks around it, like this: “Why do some dog breeders practice ethical breeding, and some do not?”
Typing in the library’s search bar multiple precise keywords that reflect your topic without placing quotation marks around them, like this: ethical dog breeder shelter owner
Placing quotation marks around your search terms in the library’s search bar, like this: “ethical dog breeder shelter owner”
Searching with just one broad word in the library’s search bar like this: dogs
Below, you will see the basic information from five different sources for an essay about teacher stress and the COVID-19 pandemic. If the source is a scholarly source that addresses your purpose, select the “scholarly” option; if it is not, select the “not scholarly” option. Hint: 2 are scholarly and 3 are not scholarly.
Scholarly
Not Scholarly
A book about teachers and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic that you find by searching in the library and selecting “peer-reviewed” as an option
An article found by searching in the library, published in the magazine Parenting, titled “Homeschooling Made Me Understand Teacher Stress”
An article found by searching in the library, published in the Journal of Elementary Education, addressing a study of stressors experienced by teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic
“I Cannot Handle This,” a blog post by a high school teacher in 2020.
Writing Good Essays, a textbook from a class you are taking
True or False: The only time you should use in-text citation and a reference is when you are writing the exact words from a source in your own writing.
True
False
Which of the following best describes the purpose of in-text citations?
The purpose of in-text citations is to keep track of your sources in your notes only; once you begin writing, in-text citations are no longer required.
The purpose of in-text citations is to give credit to all words and ideas that were written or forwarded by others, exactly where those words and ideas occur in your writing.
The purpose of in-text citations is to satisfy your instructor’s unreasonable obsession with in-text citations.
The purpose of in-text citations is to appear smarter to the reader by making it look like you are using sources when you actually are not.
Please read each of the following statements about APA-style reference pages. Choose “True” if the statement is true and choose “False” if the statement is false.
True False
Unlike the rest of an APA-style essay, the references page should be single-spaced.
The references page in an APA-style essay should be in alphabetical order, according to the first letter of each reference.
A references page in an APA-style essay should include all sources found during the research process, even those that are not used in the essay.
If the same source is quoted twice in an APA-style essay, then that source should be listed two times on the references page.
The title of the references page in an APA-style essay should be centered, in bold, and should be just one word: References.
References in an APA-style essay should be included for sources that have been directly quoted but not for sources that have been paraphrased in the essay.
Please answer each question by selecting “Yes” or “No.”
Yes No
Should you use a small bit of information from a source, as long as you change the wording, without using an in-text citation or reference?
Should you include all of the sources you use and cite in your essay on the references page as well?
Should you differentiate between in-text citations and references by using the author’s name first in the reference but using the publishing company as the main part of your in-text citation?
Should a reader, by looking at an in-text citation within an essay, be able to use the alphabetical references page at the end to find that source and know precisely where the quote originated?
Should you simply use only the author’s name and the publication year when citing all paraphrases and direct quotations?
Which of the following statements is correct?
The following in-text citation is correct for a book with an author:
Finnegan (2023 Random House Publishing, pages 4 to 5, Charles V. Finnegan, Ph.D., Atlanta School of Literature) is pleased with “how King deeply weaves a world of characters”.
Long quotations are great because they can make your paper seem much longer and will reduce the amount of actual writing you have to do.
If your source uses another source, it’s okay to just pretend that your main source wrote it; it’s so much easier that way.
If a source has three or more authors, the in-text citation should include just one author and “et al.,” plus the year if it is paraphrased and the year plus page number if it is quoted. An example might be: (Gorgello et al., 2023).
True or False: There are rules in APA style for sources that do not have the names of people as authors; however, a good scholarly source will almost always have individual names as authors.
True
False
Which of the following applies APA-style rules to the creation of a reference for a scholarly journal article?
Noems, K., & Vittles, G. (2022). A study on the efficacy of standard nail-clipping frequency in different dog breeds. Journal of Canine Behavior, 67(2), 75-89. https://doi.org/6802kkiz693
Noems, K., & Vittles, G. (2022). A study on the efficacy of standard nail-clipping frequency in different dog breeds, pages 87-100,
A study on the efficacy of standard nail-clipping frequency in different dog breeds. Journal of Canine Behavior, 67(2), 75-89. https://doi.org/6802kkiz693, the year of 2022 and with the author of Noems and Vittles.
Noems, Kaitlin, and Vittles, George. (May the 23rd of the year 2022). A Study on the Efficacy of Standard Nail-Clipping Frequency in Different Dog Breeds. From the university library.
For each statement below, please select “Do” for correct reference page formatting and select “Don’t Do” for items that would not be correct approaches to formatting a reference page.
Do Don’t Do
Capitalize, bold, and center the word References at the very top of the page, on the very first line.
List your sources on the references page according to the order in which you used them in your essay.
List your sources on the references page alphabetically.
Double-space the entire references page from top to bottom.
Include many sources that you looked at briefly while searching but did not end up using or citing in your essay.
After the title of the references page, return 3 or 4 times, then create your first source reference with single spacing; use double-spacing only where you begin a new source reference.
True or False: The only time you should use in-text citation and a reference is when you are using a quotation (exact words with quotation marks); you do not need to use citation or referencing at all if you are paraphrasing (using ideas from a source but placing them in your own words).
True
False
