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What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism means taking ideas or words from a source (e.g. book or journal article) without giving credit (acknowledgement ) to the author. It is seen as a kind of academic theft and is considered to be an academic crime.
What is a Summary-Response task?
Students read an article, and compose a response in 2-3 paragraphs. A summary paragraph states factual information and gist of the text, and an evaluation paragraphs include students’ personal judgment and analysis of the text.
How many sentence structures are there in English?
Simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence and complex-compound sentence.
How can students avoid plagiarism?
The techniques that help prevent one from plagiarism are summarizing, paraphrasing, referencing and using quotes.
List THREE things students should and should not do in academic writing.
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What type of conjunctions are used with compound and complex sentences? Give examples.
Compund sentences are connected with coordinating conjunctions and complex sentences with subordinating conjunctions.
What is a correct format for referencing books?
Author - Year - Title - Place of publication - Publisher
What is an argumentative essay?
An argument essay involves the process of establishing a claim and then proving it with the use of logical reasoning, examples and details, research and justification. Four essential elements of argumentative essay are compelling argument, clear stance on the subject, evidence supporting claims, and unbiased counterargument.
What is parallel sturcture in English?
Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. The usual way to join parallel structures is with the use of coordinating conjunctions such as "and" or "or."
What is a direct quote and how is it included in writing?
Direct quote is copied exactly as written in the original work, and not paraphrased or summarized. Quote is written inside quotation marks and in-text citation includes author’s name, year and page number.
What are 2 structures to develop a compare and contrast essay? describe each structure.
Compare contrast essay is organized using point-by-point structure or in block method.
Give 5 examples of useful expressions and grammar structures used for compare contrast essay
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What are two ways of citing and quoting from sources? Explain them with examples.
Citation: ………. (Brown, 2014); Brown (2014) state that…;
Quote: “Quote” (Hally, 2009, p.43); Entire block quote. (Hally, 2009, p.6).
What do you need to consider when writing academic essay for formal grading?
Content development, language use (accuracy and range), organization of writing, research and formatting, mechanics (spelling, length, punctuation), etc.
Give an example of complex compound sentence and then explain each part of the sentence.
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