Grammar
Writing Style
Citations
References
Formatting
100

Using more words than are necessary

What is wordiness?

100

Name one the four qualities of effective scholarly writing. 

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What are continuity, flow, conciseness, and clarity?

100

The abbreviation used when multiple pages are cited from an original source. 

What is pp. ?

For a single page, use p. 

For multiple pages, use pp. 

Ex. (Smith, 2018, p. 5)

Ex. (Goncalves, 2020, pp. 201-220). 

Ex. (Mayflower, 1999, pp. 23, 42, 66). 

100

When a source has two authors, what separates the names in the reference list entry?

What is & ?

Ex. Chou, H. & Lane, M. (2014). The quest for success. Academic Quarterly, 5(11), 22-27. 

100

Name for the first page of a scholarly paper 

What is the title page?

200

Words and phrases that help maintain flow of ideas

What are transitions?

200
What faculty use to inform students of the parameters of the assignment

What is the rubric?

200

Punctuation that separates multiple works in a parenthetical citation

What is a semicolon?   ;

200

A string of numbers, letters and/or symbols used to uniquely identify an article or document using a web address .

What is the DOI?

200

First line of bolded text located at the top of page 2 in a scholarly paper. 

What is the title of the paper?

300

When an author writes about oneself using "I"

What is first person pronoun?


300

The main object of scholarly writing

What is clear communication?

300

Author-date citation in parentheses that appears in the body of the paper 

What is a parenthetical citation?

Ex: (Smith, 2018). 

300

Every source on the reference list must have at least one of these in the paper:

What is an in-text citation?

300

Writing strategy that helps identify main ideas and plan the logical flow of your paper. 

What is an outline?

400
Specialized terminology that my be unfamiliar to the reader

What is jargon?

400

Informal expressions that are used in everyday speech, but should be avoided in scholarly writing

What are colloquialisms?

400

An author summarizes or synthesizes information from one or more sources using their own words

What is paraphrasing?

400

For academic journal articles, this part of the reference list entry is italicized. 

What is the journal name?


400

Block formatting is used for direct quotes of more than ____ words.

What is 40 words?

500

Gender neutral third-person pronoun that should be used in writing

What is "they?"
500

The relationship between a verb and the subject or object associated with it. 

What is voice?
500

Latin abbreviation that means "and others"

What is "et al?"

Ex. Article with more than 3 authors, only the first author last name is included in parentheses, followed by et. al. (Goncalves, et al., 2020)

500

For a book source, this date is used in the reference list entry. 

What is copyright date?

500

Formatting tool that is used to start at the top of a new page, such as the reference page. 

What is insert page break?

This tool can be used to move past the blanks at the the bottom of the title page, so you can begin the document on page 2. It can also be used at the end of the document text to jump to the next page where you start the reference list. 

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