The Writing Process, Structure, and Mechanics
How many sentences does a paragraph have?
5-8
Same say 5-7. Some say 6-8.
What is plagiarism?
The use of someone else's words, information or writing without giving them proper credit.
What is missing from the formatting of these sources?
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A hanging indent.
If an argument is based mostly on emotion, it is using....
Pathos
Name six parts of speech.
Yay!
What is a thesis statement?
A sentence that states the main points of a paper
What are the three main parts or components of MLA formatting?
aka
When writing a paper, you have to pay attention to the formatting in what three ways?
The paper itself, in-text citations, and the Works Cited page.
According to MLA formatting, what is the correct order of information on the top of your first page?
A) Name, Class, Instructor's Name, Date
B) Name, Date, Class, Instructor's Name
C) Name, Date, Class, Assignment Title
D) Name, Class, Date, Assignment Title
It was a trick! None of these!
Name
Instructor's Name
Class
Date
What is rhetoric?
Forms of and strategies for making an argument/persuading.
Which sentence is grammatically correct and why?
A) I have many favorite things; cats, cheese, and the Atlanta-based rap duo OutKast.
B) I have many favorite things: cats, cheese, and the Atlanta-based rap duo OutKast
B
One uses a colon when listing.
True or false? Drafting occurs after brainstorming, planning, and discovering a topic.
True
What is a peer-reviewed article?
A piece of academic research that has been reviewed, scrutinized, and accepted by other experts in the article's field.
What are the three methods one can use to cite sources in academic research?
Direct Quote
Paraphrase
Summary
What is a logical fallacy?
A logical fallacy is a statement that seems to be true until you apply the rules of logic. Then, you realize that it's not. Logical fallacies can often be used to mislead people – to trick them into believing something they otherwise wouldn't.
Just like movies, music, and books, writing has different _____________. Can you name three?
Genres
Words and phrases that link ideas in a paragraph or between paragraphs.
What are transitions?
When using a direct quote from a source, do you need to include the page number in the in-text citation?
Yes
(Coogan 17)
Which one of these citations is in MLA format?
A
Wodak, Ruth, and Salomi Boukala. "European identities and the revival of nationalism in the European Union: A discourse historical approach." Journal of language and politics 14.1 (2015): 87-109.
B
Wodak, R., & Boukala, S. (2015). European identities and the revival of nationalism in the European Union: A discourse historical approach. Journal of language and politics, 14(1), 87-109.
A
How can we tell?
Define semiotics and give an example.
The study of signs and symbols and their meanings and interpretations.
Which one of these sentences demonstrates proper comma usage?
A) I took Angie, the one with the freckles to the movie last night.
B) I took Angie, the one with the freckles, to the movie last night.
C) I took Angie the one with the freckles, to the movie last night.
D) I took Angie, the one with the freckles, to the movie, last night.
B
Why?
What is the difference between REVISING and EDITING?
Revising: Global, conceptual, broader level
Editing: Sentence level, spelling, grammar, puncuation etc.
On the Works Cited page, when listing a journal article as a source, the title of the article is __________ and the title of the journal is ___________.
A) Italicized; Italicized
B) In quotations; not formatted
C) In quotations; Italicized
D) Italicized; In quotations
C
Example:
Caviedes, Alexander. "The role of language in nation-building within the European Union." Dialectical Anthropology 27 (2003): 249-268.
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data?
Quantitative data is numbers-based, countable, or measurable. Qualitative data is interpretation-based, descriptive, and relating to language.
Can you give an example of each?
Who is credited with having invented rhetoric?
Aristotle
James has many houses in many different countries. How do I properly write a sentence qith the possessive plural:
A) Thoses houses are James houses.
B) Those houses are James's houses.
C) Those houses are James' houses.
D) James is a criminal. Why does he have so many houses?
C
Why?