Paragraphing
Name the problem in the following paragraph:
Her parents, being both intellectuals and authors, heavily influenced Mary Shelley’s writing gift. Shelley acknowledges this as fact in her introduction to Frankenstein, saying, “It is not singular that, as the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary celebrity, I should very early in life have thought of writing” (5).
What is a dangling quote?
The purpose of a topic sentence.
What is to state the idea of the paragraph?
Name the problem with in-text citation formatting in this paragraph.
In Kathleen Blake Yancey’s article “Historicizing Writing Assessment,” she discusses the role of self and its progression through the different stages of writing assessment. Concerns regarding the role of self in assessment practices have arisen because while teachers feel that “the role that the self should play in any assessment is a central concern for educators” (Yancey 484), they are “often loathe to evaluate” (Yancey 484) it. The self is shaped by numerous factors and is not something that can be measured quantitatively through particular kinds of assessment.
What is the author's name does not need to be in the citation?
The amount of points a paragraph should make.
What is "one"?
Name the problem with this works cited list.
Works Cited
Kafka, Ben. “The Demon of Writing: Paperwork,
Public Safety, and the Reign of Terror.”
Clancy, Kate. “Defensive Scholarly Writing and
Science Communication.”
What is it is not in alphabetical order?
Name the problem in the following paragraph:
In Nina Federoff’s article titled “Genetically Engineered Salmon: Good or Bad?” she says, “The organic food marketers want to sell their food, which is overpriced because organic farming is inefficient—not because the food’s better—so they tell scary stories about the dangers of G.M.O.s” (24). It is clear, then, that marketers deceive consumers for their own gain.
What is there is no clear topic sentence?
The two components of a good topic sentence.
What is a topic and an idea?
Incorrect: Parents spend a lot of money.
Correct: Parents spend a lot of money on their children to ensure they receive a quality education.
Name the problem with in-text citation formatting in this paragraph.
Curriculum and classroom activities have shifted to incorporate collaborative assignments that promote active learning. Consequently, Mary J. Allen notes that “[o]ur ability to meet the educational needs of our diverse student body depends on developing an expanded repertoire of pedagogical strategies with demonstrated effectiveness, and assessment helps us identify these strategies." (3) Exploring new pedagogical concepts can enable instructors to bring new methods of instruction to their students.
What is the period should go after the citation instead of after the quotation?
In an essay, this is way to use a text without directly quoting source material.
It is your own rendition of essential information expressed by someone else.
What is paraphrasing?
Name the problem with this works cited list.
Works Cited
Clancy, Kate. “Defensive Scholarly Writing and
Science Communication.” Context and
Variation.
“Hush.” Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss
Whedon, performance by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
What is the Works Cited title should not be italicized?
Name the problem with the following paragraph.
Manufacturers of genetically engineered salmon say their practices help with the problem of fish disease common in open-water cage farming. According to Nina Federoff, in her article “Genetically Engineered Salmon: Good or Bad?” the production of genetically engineered salmon “take pressure off wild salmon and make salmon farming sustainable” (Barnet et al. 24). I agree.
What is there is no analysis or metacommentary?
Name the problem with this topic sentence.
In this paragraph, I would like to discuss the dwindling population of snow leopards based on the unsupervised activity of poachers.
What is using announcing language?
Name the problem with in-text citation formatting in this paragraph.
The problem that can occur with role playing is that it is one thing to present a persona to others and another thing to genuinely fulfill the duties of that representation. Renee Goffman gives the example of a student “who wishes to be attentive, his eyes riveted on the teacher, his ears open wide, so exhausts himself in playing the attentive role that he ends up by no longer hearing anything” (pg. 33). While the student may appear to the teacher to be completely engaged, the proof of his commitment to that role only comes once she sees the quality of his work and can accurately determine his investment in the belief that he is an attentive student.
What is no "pg." is needed in the citation?
In the following works cited entry, what element in the works cited list does the title of the anthology fall under?
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Rappacini's Daughter." The
Norton Anthology American Literature.
What is "the container"?
In a works cited list, the "version" refers to this element.
What is the edition number?
Name the problem with the following paragraph.
Mary Wollstonecraft died shortly after giving birth to her only daughter. “She sickened from infection and died eleven days after her daughter’s birth” (Tally 4). In addition, Wollstonecraft continued to write her political treatises that outlined women’s rights.
What is the analysis does not align with the topic sentence?
Name the problem with the following topic sentence.
Whenever I take my cat to the vet.
What is it is not a complete sentence or idea?
Name the formatting problem with this block quote.
"One should have a clear idea of what the intended outcomes of the course are if one is to rationally develop it.” (Winchester 44)
What is there should be no quotation marks surrounding a block quote?
Name the two problems in the formatting of the following works cited list.
Works Cited
Kafka, Ben. “The Demon of Writing: Paperwork, Public Safety, and the Reign of Terror.”
Visualizing Emancipation. Directed by Scott Nesbit and Edward L. Ayers, dsl.richmond.edu.
What is it is not evenly double spaced, and it does not use hanging indentation?
The suffix added onto a works cited list entry when there are multiple authors who have written a book.
What is et al.?
Name the problem in the following paragraph.
Mary Wollstonecraft died shortly after giving birth to her only daughter. In fact, her husband was fond of quoting that "drunkards would not inherit the kingdom of God” (738). Consequently, Wollstonecraft was not able to raise her beloved daughter.
What is the quote does not align with the topic sentence?
Name the problem with the following topic sentence.
Communication is important.
What is it is too broad or lacking an idea to narrow the topic?
Name the problem with the in-text citation format at the end of this block quote.
A crucial missing element in most writing pedagogy is any experience or instruction in ascertaining the value of one’s own work" (50).
What is the period should go after the quotation and not the citation?
Name the problem in the formatting of the following works cited entry.
Works Cited
Nathaniel Hawthorne. "The Birthmark." The
Norton Introduction to Literature. pp. 219-
233.
What is the author's name is formatted incorrectly?
It should be last name first.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
In a works cited entry, "Location" refers to what element?
What is page number(s)?