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That's What She Said
Parent Theses
100
Major words within the titles of books or articles within the body of the paper should have this done to them.
What is capitalization?
100
In a title within a text: "Memory in Hearing-impaired Children: Implications for Vocabulary Development"
What is not capitalizing the second word in a hyphenated compound. i.e. Hearing-Impaired
100
The capitalization error in: ...issued grant AX87392 for the purpose of...
What is Grant AX87392? i.e. capitalize nouns followed by numerals of letters that denote a specific place in a numbered series?
100
The term for quoted material exceeding 40 words in length.
What is a block quote?
100
Why, in my day, we didn't have the luxury of parentheses that did this: Previous research in the areas of (a) socioeconomic status (b) geographic variability and (c) educational background found that....
What are parentheses used to set off letters that identify items in a series within a sentence or paragraph?
200
A quote within quoted text that is less than 40 words long should have be enclosed by these kind of quotations.
What are single quotations?
200
In a reference list: Personhood Versus Character
What is capitalize only the first word of a book or article. i.e. Personhood versus character
200
capitalization error in: in trial 6, the control group
What is Trial 6? i.e. capitalize nouns followed by numerals that denote a specific place in a numbered series.
200
This type of quotation mark encloses quoted text less 40 words in length.
What are double quotation marks?
200
Don't make the same mistake that I did at your age; use your parentheses the right way, like this: Browder and Minke (2007) found that....
What is to set off citations in text?
300
These are used to set off reference citations in text.
What are parentheses?
300
In a text: can be found in the methods section
What is capitalize references to titles of sections within the article. i.e can be found in the Methods section
300
Capitalization error in: ...found in Row 3
What is row 3? i.e. Do not capitalize nouns that denote common parts of books or tables followed by numerals of letters.
300
This type of quotation mark encloses the quoted word/s within a section of quoted text.
What is single quotation marks?
300
I just want you to be happy, and I think using parentheses in the right context, like this, will make you happy: The authors state, "There was a reduction in effect size" (Liu & Torres, 2003, p. 173), after the withdrawal of the intervention.
What is when enclosing the citation of a direct quotation?
400
When it comes to the titles of books or articles in reference lists, this is done only to the first word, and the first word after a colon or em dash.
What is capitalization?
400
In a title: The Art of Conversation: a Three-point Plan
What is capitalize the first word after a colon or dash. i.e. Conversation: A Three-Point Plan
400
Capitalization error in: ...on Page ii contains....
What is page ii i.e. Do not capitalize nouns that denote common parts of books or tables followed by numerals of letters.
400
In this type of context, the following passage uses quotations correctly: Schiel found that "any 'normalizing effect', as verified in previous studies, was negated" (p. 46).
What is a quote of original material that includes quoted material/ a quote within a quote.
400
I always knew you were better at parentheses than your sister. Now, tell her how to fix what she did wrong, like a nice girl: ...category (e.g. egoism) (Bahnem & Riles, 1974)
What is use a semicolon to avoid back to back parentheses: (e.g. egosim; Bahnem & Riles, 1974)
500
These do not appear in order to enclose block text.
What are double quotation marks?
500
Within the body of a paper: "Ultrasonic Vocalizations are Elicited from Rat Pups"
What is capitalize all verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. i.e. Are Elicited From
500
Capitalization error in: ..it is then that Subject x (imagine this x is italicized)
What is subject x? i.e. Do not capitalize nouns that precede a variable.
500
In this context, the following quotations are used incorrectly: Miele found the following: "The 'placebo effect,' which had been verified in previous studies, disappeared when behaviors were studied in this manner. Furthermore, the behaviors were never exhibited again, even when real drugs were administered. Earlier studies (e.g. Abdullah, 1984; Fox, 1979) were clearly premature in attributing the results to a placebo effect (p. 276)."
What is a block quotation?
500
What, this?: (Burns Anxiety Inventory [BVI]) When I was in school, we didn't have fancy manuals to tell us how to do that, we just had to remember it. With our brains!
What is enclose material within other parentheses?