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Plagiarism
Grammar
MLA Format & Style
FGCU Library
100
What was the name of the boys' soccer team coached by Luma Mufleh?
the Fugees
100
All plagiarism incidents that occur at FGCU are reported to whom?
The Dean of Students
100
What goes in the upper left corner of the first page of your academic paper? Name the elements in order.
Your name Your instructor's name The course name The date
100
What is the loan period for books for FGCU undergraduate students? 7 days 14 days 28 days 56 days
28 days
200
Where were Beatrice and her boys from? 1. Liberia 2. Sudan 3. Iraq 4. Nigeria
Liberia
200
Define the term patchwriting.
In an attempt to paraphrase a source, makes some changes, but follows too closely the wording of the original (p. 356 in Allyn & Bacon text).
200
Is this sentence a comma splice, run on (fused sentence), or a fragment? No can read Antonio's chicken scratch, he never learned how to write cursive in kindergarten.
It is a comma splice.
200
When you go to the Paragraph option in Word, what do you set the after spacing to?
You set the after spacing to 0.
200
What is the keyboard shortcut to find a word on a webpage or text document? 1. Alt-V 2. Crtl-V 3. Alt-F 4. Crtl-F (or Cmd-F on a Mac)
4. Crtl-F (or Cmd-F on a Mac)
300
In what decade was Clarkston, Georgia, designated a refugee settlement center? 1. in the 1970s 2. in the 1980s 3. in the 1990s 4. in the 2000s
in the 1990s
300
True or False: The rules for citing words and ideas do NOT apply to visuals and media cited in your paper.
False
300
Is this sentence correct or not? If it is not correct, how would you correct it? To avoid muddy dog prints on Mom's clean floor, we left the puppy's in the backyard.
Change puppy's to puppies. Puppies in this sentence is plural and not possessive.
300
What is capitalized in your title of your paper?
You should capitalize the first letter of all words except for prepositions of fewer than 4 letters (for, in, at, to) and the articles 'the' and 'an' and 'a'
300
What is the best database to use for a research paper?
It depends on what your paper topic is and what kinds of sources you need for the paper.
400
After Luma's job waiting tables, what did she decide to do in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta?
She opened a cafe that sold ice cream and sandwiches.
400
When can a student use an article in an online database without citing it?
He or she can never do this.
400
Is this sentence correct or not? If it is not correct, how would you correct it? Everyone knows that they will suffer indigestion after eating a chocolate-broccoli muffin.
It is incorrect. Change "they" to "he" or "she"
400
Name at least 3 citation generators that you can use to create a Works Cited page?
Easy.bib Bib.me RefWorks Son of Citation Machine Endnote
400
What is the main difference between academic journals and magazines?
The intended audience
500
Describe the uniforms that the boys wore when the team was first formed?
They were T-shirts that Luma bought in bulk that had numbers on them written in water-soluble ink.
500
Can you go to jail for plagiarizing the work of another person?
No, but you can get sued for plagiarism.
500
Identify the numbered phrase that is either a comma splice or a fused sentence. Then, correct the mistake. If Chris hopes to survive in his 8 a.m. English class, he needs to discover caffeine even (1) when he has a test, his (2) head hits the desk by 8:05, and (3) snores soon escape his mouth.
#1 is the mistake. To fix the mistake, you should put a period after "caffeine" and start a new sentence with "Even ........mouth."
500
What is the term for a source in a Works Cited page that has all lines but the first indented?
hanging indent
500
What is the definition of a peer-reviewed article?
A peer review article has gone through a review by experts to ensure that it is of high quality.