Research
Logical Fallacies
Academic Style
Plagiarism
Citing sources
100

This goes at the end of your research paper and is a list of all the sources you have used.

What is a Works Cited page?

100

Mudslinging or argument ad hominem.

What are arguments that attack the person instead of the argument itself?

100

How are contractions used in academic style writing?

They are not used for academic papers.

100

This type of punctuation is needed when using exact words from a source.

What are quotation marks.

100

T/F: The list of entries on a works cited page are in alphabetical order.

What is true.

200

What is the best place to find reputable sources for an academic paper?

What are library databases and catalogs?

200

Strawman fallacy

Addressing a weak or radical argument that is easy to defeat instead of the legitimate opposition to an argument.

200

Slang, cliches, or colloquial language

What type of language should you avoid in academic style writing?

200

This is the definition of plagiarism.

What is using information without giving credit to the source.

200

A phrase used in a research paper to introduce source information and the qualifications of a source.

What is a signal phrase?

300

Sources that are reviewed by experts before publication.

What are peer-reviewed sources?

300

Post hoc, a cause and effect fallacy.

What is an argument that uses only the order of events as the only evidence that one action caused another?

300

3rd person pronouns

What are the only type of pronouns that should be used in academic style writing (unless your teacher gives you permission otherwise)?

300

Name two consequences of plagiarism.

What is failing a course, having to re-write a paper, getting a zero, getting fired from a job, facing legal action, etc. Answers may vary.

300

Ellipses

Three or four spaced dots used to indicate omitted information in an exact quote.

400

This is the sentence that includes the focus of your research paper.

What is a thesis statement.

400

Hasty generalization fallacy

What is an argument that makes a conclusion based on just a few small examples instead of wider evidence?

400

Prepositions

What you should not end a sentence with in academic writing.

400

List two ways to avoid plagiarism.

What is quoting, paraphrasing, including a works cited, documenting in-text, etc.

400

Square brackets

What are the symbols used to show a change/addition has been made to an exact quotation?

500

This is the difference between a primary and a secondary source.

What is a first-hand account versus something written by an outsider.

500

Tu Quoque Fallacy

What is an argument that tries to invalidate the opposition by saying the arguer is a hypocrite and therefore cannot discuss the topic argued?

500

A semicolon

What mark of punctuation is used more frequently in academic writing to divide two complete, closely related thoughts?

500

Give an example of someone in the news who has plagiarized and the consequences he/she faced.

What is (answers will vary).

500

The first word of a source in a works cited entry is the same word used to do this in your paper.

What is cite the source in the text of your paper or at the end in parenthesis?

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