Sentence Structure
What is wrong with this sentence: "The arson unit conducted an investigation of the mysterious fire"
It's cluttered! Replace the nouns with verbs: "conducted an investigation" --> "investigated
When would I use a comma?
What is a linking phrase?
Additionally, in addition, moreover, furthermore, etc.
These phrases add sentence flow and variety
Accept/Except?
To receive, to exclude
What do we do if there's no date available when creating a reference list citation?
Use the abbreviation (n.d.).
What is wrong with this sentence: "Especially because I love Winter"
It is a sentence fragment/a dependant clause
What is the difference between a colon (:) and a semi-colon (;)
: used to introduce quotes, lists, a sentence that is linked to another
; in place of a period, to separate listed items where commas may be confusing to use.
What is a shorter way of saying, "Due to the fact that..."?
Because
Affect/effect?
an action: to have an effect on someone, the change itself caused by an action
Direct quotes need in-text citations with...
page numbers or paragraph numbers!
What is wrong with this sentence: "I love dogs, dogs are the best."
It is a comma splice/two independent clauses joined by a comma incorrectly.
What is an Oxford comma?
John, Jen, and Janet --> this is an Oxford comma
John, Jen and Janet --> this is not
Informal writing, non-academic writing/language
What is a biased, exclusive pronoun?
Example: "A doctor wouldn't discuss his patients' personal details with outsiders." We do not know the doctor's gender, so why would we use an exclusive pronoun? This is when we would use "they/their."
T/F Not including an in-text citation following a quote/phrase that is only two words long counts as plagiarism
True. This still counts as plagiarism. You need to have a proper in-text citation with page numbers following anything in quotation marks!
What is wrong with this sentence: "The author, Janet, argues that parakeets are highly intelligent"
One should never refer to an author by their first name only as it is informal.
Are book titles put in italics or quotations?
Italics
Provide synonyms for these 4 colloquial phrases: very, awesome, thing, totally.
extremely, excellent, replace "thing" with the specific noun being referred to, completely.
T/F: We should make assumptions in academic writing.
False! Avoid assumptions or broad generalizations such as, "all Catholics believe..." --> we do not know this to be 100% true.
T/F Article titles/journal titles need capital letters.
False- the first word is capitalized, and everything else is lowercase letters UNLESS they are proper nouns (i.e. names, cities/places, etc.)
What is wrong with this sentence: "John loves donuts; especially jelly donuts."
Do commas and periods go inside quotation marks?
Yes.
Explain the active versus passive voice.
English uses the following sentence order: Subject-Verb-Object. Passive writing is when this order becomes rearranged. --> Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.
What is Ableist writing?
Example: "Deaf/deaf people" --> "people who are deaf/Deaf." It can come across as impolite or cold in writing to phrase a disability before a person.
T/F a reference page citation for an online journal/source should have the article or journal title in italics.
False- the publisher or site name is in italics for journal/online sources. Citation list references for books: the title of the book is in italics and the publisher's name is not in italics.