Evaluating and Integrating Sources

Credibility

100

Which of the following are not recommended criteria for evaluating information? (Choose two.)      

format  / date /color / format/ author/ publisher

Color and Format

200

Which of the following should be used in evaluating resources? (Pick all that apply.)

format

length

title

authority

currency

relevance

Currency

Relevance

Authority

300

Is this citation from a popular or scholarly source? 

Barnes, G., Welte, J., Hoffman, J., & Tidwell, M. (2010). Comparisons of gambling and alcohol use among college students and noncollege young people in the United States. Journal of American College Health, 58(5), 443-452.

Scholarly

400

True or False: Secondary sources provide the most direct, unfiltered sources of information and generally come directly from the source or person.

False

500

How can you tell you are looking at a popular magazine? (Choose two.)

Issues have lots of photographs.

Articles are written in specialized or scholarly language.

Articles are written for the general public.

Articles are in-depth and often have a bibliography.

Issues are usually published quarterly (4 times a year).

Articles are written for the general public

Issues have lots of photographs

Summaries

100

True or False: 

The authors of They Say, I Say argue in chapters 1 and 2 that in order to argue persuasively, you need to be in dialogue with others. 

True

200

The problem with "List Summaries" is...

Summaries that simply inventory the original author's various poins but fail to focus those points around any larger overall claim. 

300

Name a signal verb that could be used to:

Agree

Disagree

Recommend

Various

400

The "Closest Cliché Syndrome" is...

Summarizing not the view the author in question has actually expressed, but a familiar cliché that the writer mistakes or the author's view.  This is sometimes caused beause the writer believes it and mistakenly assumes the author must, too. 

500

The Believing Game asks us to...

Inhabit the worldview of those whose conversations you are joining -- and whom you are perhaps even disagreeing with -- and try to see their argument from their perspective. 

Using Quotations

100

Two common errors in quoting are...

Failure to quote enough

Overquoting

200

Name two of the four benefits of using quotations Graff et. al name in They Say, I Say. 

 Credibility

 Fairness

 Accuracy

 Shows evidence.

300

What's wrong with this introduction and what should be done differently?

"Orwell asserts an idea that..."

It's redundant. Simply write "Orwell asserts that..."

400

Why should a writer explain her quotations?

It integrates the material purposefully into the document the student is writing and shows the reader how the material should be interpreted in light of the point she is making. 

500

How are synonyms helpful in explaining quotations?

They allow the student to frame the quotation in a way that echoes the language of the author, thus emphasizing the point of the student. 

MLA 101 and Punctuating Quotations

100

True or false.

The words inside quotations marks should be exactly as the author wrote them. 

True (with certain exceptions)

200

True or false: Punctuation marks such as periods, commas, and semicolons should appear after the parenthetical citation.

True

300

True or False: If you don't introduce the author in the introductory phrase, all that's needed in the parenthetical in-text citation is the page number. 

False

400

Is this correctly punctuated? Why or why not?

President Nixon said, “I am not a crook;” he was particularly defensive during this period.

No. 

Semicolons are placed outside quotation marks. 

500

True or False. 

All lines in a Works Cited entry should be flush left. 

If false, what is correct?

False. 

The first line should be flush left and the second and subsequent lines should be indented. 

Wild Card

100

True or false: Using templates is plagiarism. 

False.

200

Explain what a "hit and run" quote is. 

A quotation that is not introduced or explained. 

300

What is the problem with "under analyzing" a quotation?

Quotes do not speak for themselves and readers need to know how you intend for them to interpret the material you are presenting. 

400

Explain plagiarism. 

Failure to keep a clear distinction between your words/ideas and the words/ideas of others. Use of citation helps writers make this distinction. 

500

The class citation style is...

MLA