Paraphrasing
Quoting
Summarizing
Terms
Topic sentences
100
Paraphrasing means changing up what the original text says and putting it into more of these
What is your own words?
100
Signal phrases
What are the terms that introduce a quote or phrase?
100
States the main ideas in a source concisely and in your own words
What is summary?
100
Signal phrases
What do the words "acknowledges, argues,notes, suggests, writes, points out" represent?
100
Location of topic sentences
What is the beginning of a paragraph?
200
Use this when the source material is important but the original wording is not
What is paraphrasing?
200
This type of quote is four typed lines or fewer in MLA style.
What is short quotation?
200
In summaries, include only the main (blank).
What is ideas?
200
One's position or opinion on a matter
What is stance?
200
Avoid phrases like these when introducing a topic or moving to a new subject in your paper
What is "I am going to tell you" or "I am going to speak about" or "Next I will discuss"
300
Use this form of punctuation to signal that the words are someone else's, not your own
What are quotation marks?
300
A way of weaving someone else's exact words into your text
What is quoting?
300
Summaries are concise and don't present all of these
What are details?
300
MLA requires this type of verb when using signal phrases
What is present tense?
300
One of the major qualities of a topic sentence that prevents long, rambling sentences
What is brevity/concision?
400
"Copying from a source text and then deleting some words, altering grammatical structures, or plugging in one-for-one synonym substitutes"
What is patchwriting?
400
These forms of punctuation go inside closing quotation marks, except when you have parenthetical documentation at the end
What are periods and commas?
400
Include the author's name, either in signal phrases or parenthesis, and include an appropriate one of these
What is in-text citation?
400
You should craft each signal phrase to highlight these
What is the author's credentials?
400
The topic sentence is important because it guides the reader and prevents them from being
What is confused?
500
If the ideas and information come from another source, be sure to name the author and include documentation to avoid this.
What is plagiarism?
500
When using MLA style, set off quotations of five or more typed lines by indenting the quote one inch and do not use quotation marks.
What is block style?
500
Summaries may boil down an entire book or essay into this
What is a single sentence?
500
Name three other example of signal phrases you could use in your paper?
What is (any from list on pg. 489 or other types of verbs introducing author)?
500
Provide an example of a bad topic sentence and explain why it is bad
What is (many options)? Bad topic sentences include direct facts, don't talk about the "why", etc
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