Features and Responses
If you choose a side and are defending it what must you do?
Agree with the author on some points and include a counter-argument.
Condensing something down to one or two sentences with the basic meaning in it.
What is summary?
True or false: Any source on the internet is reliable
False
Copying someone else's work or ideas and claiming them as your own.
What is plagiarism?
The intended target group for a message, regardless of the genre.
What is audience?
What is analyzing a source?
Looking it over and making sure it is reliable.
Showing wording close to the original.
What is paraphrasing?
What's the difference between a primary and secondary source?
Primary is the original source, ex: someone who actually was there. Secondary is someone who has heard things or gotten information from elsewhere.
The type of work, usually categorized by form, technique or content.
What is genre?
The main point or meaning in the introductory paragraph.
What is thesis, claim, or theme.
Summarizing, paraphrasing, using quotations
What are the three ways to use source materials?
What are three things you should do to introduce a source?
Use authors name, interpret source, use a signal phrase
The author's particular attitude, either stated or implied.
What is tone?
Thesis, evidence, don't summarize, analyze, documentation, assume educated audience
What are feature of academic writing?
Use quotation marks, cite source, author and put the pg. number.
What is the process to quote an author in your paper.
Why would a source not be good if the author was biased when writing it?
The author would only tell you either the good or the bad and not all the facts.
The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text.
What is text structure?
Catches reader's attention; provides topic background; states writer's position; names the claim and main points.
What is an introductory paragraph?
Giving a brief statement of the main points of (something).
What is summarizing?
What are 3 out of the 6 things to check when evaluating a source.
Purpose
Intended audience
Primary or secondary source
Credentials of author
Is the author biased
Does the author support his argument with evidence
What should you always be able to find on a source and if you can't you shouldn't use the site?
The author or well established company name.
The pattern an author constructs as s/he organizes ideas and provides supporting details.
What is organizational patterns?