True or False:
All the sources used in a research paper should support the writer's ideas.
What is "false"?
100
True or False:
Carefully taken lecture notes can be used as a source in a research paper.
What is "true"?
100
Establishing authorship, annotating and note taking easily, and having the exact content of a source are three reasons a researcher might choose to do this.
What is print a copy of sources?
100
It's not a character from Wizard of Oz -- it's a fallacy that exaggerates an idea to make it easier to attack.
What is straw man fallacy?
100
True or False:
Running spell check eliminates the need for proofreading.
What is false?
200
"Thinking", "analyzing," "organizing," "reasoning," and "using examples" are all examples of this benefit of doing researched writing.
What is the development of lifelong skills?
200
Historical documents, literary works, and eyewitness accounts are all examples of this type of source.
What is a primary source?
200
Protecting your data and passwords, saving drafts, and visiting the WRIT Center are all strategies that may help you avoid this.
What is a false charge of plagiarism?
200
Using loaded words (or adorable baby animals) to give your reader ALL THE FEELS is an example of this fallacy.
What is emotive language?
200
Transitions of logic take on greater emphasis when they are placed in this part of a sentence.
What is the beginning or end?
300
Providing context, strengthening your argument, and revealing controversies are all reasons to do this.
What is use sources in a paper?
300
These are two reasons to avoid quoting from standard dictionaries.
What are:
readers have their own dictionaries?
most dictionary definitions are unhelpful?
dictionary definitions are descriptive, not prescriptive?
you can write a better definition?
scholarly definitions are superior?
quoting a dictionary is a red flag for cliches?
Noah Webster's name carries no real authority?
300
These are two benefits to starting your bibliography as soon as you begin finding sources.
What are:
you'll need a works cited or references page eventually?
it helps you keep track of sources?
it helps you know if you have too many similar sources?
it helps you know if you have met all source requirements?
it's easier to add sources correctly one at a time?
you won't forget any sources?
300
He might be the most interesting man in the world, but if that's the reason you believe him, you might be falling victim to this fallacy.
What is appeal to prestige?
300
Colloquial expressions, vagueness, and abbreviated spelling are all signs of this kind of writing.
What is informal writing?
400
One reason to cite is to avoid plagiarism. This is another reason.
What is to help your reader? (or) What is to show respect for fellow knowledge workers?
400
AND, NOT, and NEAR may not be smooth, but they are examples of this type of operator.
What is a Boolean operator?
400
The bracketed word in the following sentence indicates this:
"When her brother annoyed her, Jane sicked [sic] her teddy bear on him."
What is that the typographical error existed in the original text?
400
The fallacy that confuses chronology for causality often goes by this Latin name.
What is post hoc ergo propter hoc?
400
This is the name of the error illustrated in the following sentence:
Reading at night, the headless zombies made me feel afraid.
What is a dangling modifier?
500
This phrase from the textbook should remind you that sources are not the whole idea in a research paper.
What is "your thinking is the star"?
500
It's not the one you listen with -- in researched writing, EAR stands for this.
What is expertise, accuracy, and reliability?
500
True or False:
Student papers -- even poorly written ones -- are marketable commodities.
What is true?
500
Drawing conclusions based on insufficient research or small samples sizes can lead to this fallacy.
What is hasty generalization?
500
"So," "then," "accordingly," and "therefore" are transitions that signal this kind of relationship between pieces of information.