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What are three examples of a secondary source?
Possible Examples
Direct quotes almost always have these...
Quotation marks!
Where in the introduction should your thesis be?
Concluding sentence of intro paragraph
What is the traditional structure of a body paragraph?
Transition, Topic Sentence, Evidence, Analysis, and Concluding Sentence.
What are the names of your Career Program Specialists?
Miranda and Raul
Provide two examples of online databases that you can access scholarly articles on?
Examples:
JStor, ResearchGate, Ebsco, Google Scholar, Govinfo, Library of Congress Digital Collection, National Archives and Records Administration, PubMed
What does "et al." stand for?
And others
True or False: Can a thesis statement be more than one sentence?
True
What is the first step of writing an essay?
Review the prompt!!
What are the names of the Writing Committee members?
Kayla, Mari, Jonathan, Chris
Give one example of information that cannot be paraphrased.
Names, dates, specific locations, titles
When do you use a block quote when writing an essay? (Credit for either correct MLA or APA style)
Block quotations are used if the text is longer than 40 words (APA) or four lines (MLA)
Is the following a strong or weak thesis statement:
"Organ donors deserve money for their sacrifice."
Weak because it neither justifies the argument nor provides reasoning for the statement.
What should each body paragraph need to begin with?
A topic sentence outlinging the argument/point of that body paragraph
What is Beyonce's highest selling album of all time?
Dangerously in Love (2003)
What is a Literature Review?
A literature review is a document or section of a document that collects key sources on a topic and discusses those sources in conversation with each other.
Good to know: A literature review is usually required in a Research Paper and comes right after the Introduction.
Where should you place a parenthetical, in-text citation?
At the end of a quote or paraphrasing sentence.
What are the qualities of a strong thesis statement? (We just reviewed this!)
2) Takes a stand
3Justifies discussion
What are the three ways to fix a run-on sentence?
1) Break into multiple sentences
2) Comma + conjunction
3) Semicolon
Answer this riddle:
I am tall when I am young and I am short when I am old. What am I?
A candle
What is the main requirement for an article to become a "scholarly article"?
Needs to be peer-reviewed (extensively by scholars within the field of expertise).
If you are citing multiple sources by the same author, how do you differentiate the source in the in-text citations?
By the year!
Ex.
-All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks, published in 1999 = (hooks, 1999)
-Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks, published in 1994 = (hooks, 1994)
No
...because a question is not an argument, nor does it take a stand.
Why do we use ellipsis (...) when quoting a source?
To omit or skip words/parts of sentences within the middle of a quote.
Ex. “Most of our efforts,” writes Dave Erikson, “are directed toward saving the bald eagle’s wintering habitat along the Mississippi River. . . . It’s important that the wintering birds have a place to roost, where they can get out of the cold wind and be undisturbed by man.”
What is the date, time, and location for Academic Immersion Day?
Date: Thursday, June 20th
Time: 9:30am - 3pm
Location: Southwestern Law School