Research
Why do we research?
To find out answers to a question
To bring more knowledge to the community
To write papers for class
What is it called when you do not acknowledge a source?
Plagiarism
Use the correct tense
I was drinking coffee while my sister ________________ (drink) tea.
Drank (will accept was drinking)
Why is it important to critique/evaluate a source?
To find out it's/the author's credibility, discover bias, find strengths and weaknesses in research
What are the 3 biggest cities in the U.S.? (25 bonus points if you can guess their populations correct)
1. New York City (8.6 million)
2. Los Angeles (4 million)
3. Chicago (2.7 million)
Name some online databases you would use for research
Academic Search Complete, EbscoHost, JSTOR, Google Scholar
What is included in an in-text citation?
Author last name, year, page number
Name both definite and indefinite articles
A, an, the
What is paraphrasing?
Taking a quote and putting it into your own words
What sport do they play in the NFL?
(American) football
What statement do you write when you have decided your side of the argument?
Thesis statement
What website is great resource for citation help?
Purdue OWL
Find the mistake:
I have already learn how to speak English.
Name 3 brainstorming methods
Listing, free write, starbursting, word association, mind map/clustering, Venn diagram, what if questions,
The genre of music typified by artists such as Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Jazz
What are the 2 kinds of research papers that we discussed?
Argumentative vs. empirical
Identify the errors in the citation.
Author last name, first initial. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume number (issue number), page number(s). Retrieved from [url]
Pick the correct homonym
I don't care ________ (whether/weather) we go to the party or not.
Whether
Why do we use synthesis in writing?
To support our ideas through the combination of sources with similar ideas
Which U.S. President was assassinated in a theater in 1865?
Abraham Lincoln
Name all 5 stages of the U.S. writing process
Brainstorming, researching, outlining, drafting, and submission of final product
What information is included in a full reference citation for a scholarly article? In the correct order
Author last name, first initial. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume number (issue number), page number(s). Retrieved from [url]
What part of speech are these words?
at, above, before, into, on, of, with, below, next
Prepositions
Define logos, ethos, and pathos
logos = logic (credibility)
ethos = ethics (morality)
pathos = emotion
What is the name of the actor who played Jack in Titanic (1997)? (hint: his name is Italian)
Leonardo DiCaprio