MLA
Why do we use signal phrases
To let readers know you're about to discuss someone else's work
When do you use the possessive case
To show ownership of an object, idea, or feeling, e.g. Dylan's essay or Hamlet's desperation
The objective of synthesizing
To come to a more inclusive and informed conclusion by combining the results of multiple sources
Define faulty parallelism
using items that are not parallel in a context in which parallelism is expected (83)
The difference between a main and a contributory cause
Contributory causes are less important
What are the components of a signal phrase
Author and signal verb
What is the problem with saying "The reason is because"?
It's redundant
Name 3 authors from our Synthesis files
Jay-Z, Descartes, Bostrom, Calvino, Saviano...
What is a modifier
Modifiers are words and phrases that describe other words in a sentence.
The difference between an immediate cause and a remote cause
immediate cause closely precedes an effect and remote cause is less obvious
Provide 5 signal verbs
claims, states, verifies, justifies, objects, etc. See your Hacker
What two things must agree in number
Subject and Verbs
Name 3 categories from our Synthesis files
Mind, Conflict, Luck...
Identify the ANTECEDENT -- "When she was attacked, Kitty Genovese was on her way home from work."
Define causal chain
When an effect can also be a cause -- A causes B, B causes C, C causes D, and so on
Long quotes have how many lines
At least four lines or more
How to repair a sentence fragment?
Be sure the sentence has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.
What was your Synthesis finding?
1-2 sentence summary
Identify the problem with the sentence: "Juan Williams compares contemporary music with music that was popular fifty years earlier."
The verb tense shifts from present to past
Define post hoc reasoning
To assume that just because event A comes before event B, event A caused event B
Name one way to test for a strong thesis
See p. 408 Hacker (9th ed)
An error that occurs when two independent clauses are connected by just a comma
Identify at least two functions of sources in a synthesis
to provide background, to explain concepts, to lend authority, to anticipate counterarguments (424)
Compound has two independent clauses. Complex has a dependent clause and an independent clause. p. 88
boxing glove causes bowling ball to knock over pin which releases the bird, etc.