2 pieces of information that go in an in-text citation (when both are available).
What is author's last name and page/line number.
100
Independent or Dependent: When I go running.
What is dependent?
100
EM's favorite musician OR the first and last name of the musician after which her son was named.
Who is Ben Folds OR Miles Davis?
100
Comedian and author of "Dad is Fat" and "Food: A Love Story" that EM used in the citations worksheet and throughout the semester.
Who is Jim Gaffigan?
100
The importance of transitions and an example of a transitional word.
Makes a paper flow more smoothly, shows relationship between paragraphs/ideas, helps inform the reader of shifts, etc. See Decorum 92 for transitional words.
200
How you write a citation for a summary of Gottschall's "Is Fiction Good For Us?" that spans from pages 40 to 41. (Include citation and punctuation)
What is (Gottschall 40-41).
200
Independent or dependent: He cried.
What is independent.
200
One of EM's sisters lives here.
What is New York City (would also accept Springfield).
200
Name of the poem by Theodore Roethke that inspired at least 2 contrasting interpretations of the relationship between a father and a son. (Need EXACT title)
What is "My Papa's Waltz?"
200
At least one reason why using "you" is unacceptable in FORMAL essays and a habit of less developed writers.
What is can alienate the reader because the point might not apply to them, not specific enough about to whom the sentence is referring, not formal or academic, etc.
300
Group of words that introduces a quotation or summary. This group of words references the source from which the information came.
What is signal phrase?
300
Name of the grammatical error in this sentence:
I like reading that book, it is interesting.
What is a comma splice?
300
One of EM's Halloween costumes.
What are Flow/Mayhem, Chuck/Wilson from Cast Away, Wizard of Oz, TJ and Spinelli, Waldo/Carmen Sandiego.
300
First name of the dummy in "A Monstrous Little Voice."
Who is "Hector?"
300
At least 1 way 10-minute open-ended journals improves students' abilities as writers.
What is teaches them to distinguish between formal/informal writing, helps them see writing as a place for ideas generation, makes students more comfortable with writing through practice, helps them see that writing can be fun, helps them see the personal self-reflection and change within themselves. MANY more!
400
Name for including only a few words or a short phrase in a quotation, but surrounding that with your own words. Example: A "fat guy food expert" should be available at all restaurants (Gaffigan 5).
What is partial or embedded quotation?
400
Difference between an independent and dependent clause.
What is both contain a subject and verb, but an independent clause is a complete thought while a dependent clause is not.
400
Age of EM's oldest grandmother (Grammy)
What is 99 years?
400
How fiction is good for us, as explained by Gottschall in "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
What is increased our empathy and/or helps us believe in justice (improves our pro-social behavior).
400
3-word term for the following concept: Go into detail when you describe so the reader experiences a scene with you. Don't simply state the facts using dead verbs.
What is "Show, Don't Tell."
500
Write the quotation with a signal phrase and a correct MLA in-text citation:
Artist: Michael Buble. Song: It's a Beautiful Day.
Lyrics: I don't know why
You think that you could hold me.
Lines: 1-2.
Album: To Be Loved.
What is: Buble says, "I don't know why / You think that you could hold me" (1-2).
500
3 out of 4 ways to fix a comma splice.
What is comma+conjunction, new sentence, semicolon, "because" (if fits).
500
Age of EM's son within 2 months.
What is 11 months? (9-13 is an acceptable answer)
500
Bird that was the focus of "And Your Bird Can Sing" and what that bird represents regarding humanity.
What is crow and the darker sides/sounds of humanity? Would also accept "ugly is beautiful too."
500
List at least 2 videos we viewed in class and why we viewed them.
What is Dale Peterson, Allstate, Colbert Report, ASPCA commercial, Despicable Me Clip, Maria Bamford Whac-a-Mole, Frustration Builds Creativity, etc.