ACE-IT
A
Assertion
What's wrong with this sentence?:
It's clear how staws have negatively impacted sea turtles.
It's
What would the parenthetical citation be for the following?:
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999.
"..." (Henley).
What goes in the center of a note card?
Quote or paraphrase
Where does a thesis statement go?
At the end of an introduction paragraph.
C
Contextualize
What's wrong with this sentence?:
People don't see why this is such a big issue.
Don't
What would the parenthetical citation be for the following?:
"Fear of Eating." New York Times, late ed., 21 May 2007, p. A1.
"..." ("Fear of Eating").
What goes on the top left of a note card?
When is your final exam?
Period C: Monday at 7:30
Period F: Tuesday at 9:30
E
Evidence
What's wrong with this sentence?:
Americans are not realizing how this law will affect our country.
Our
What would the parenthetical citation be for the following?:
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
"..." (Gillespie and Lerner).
What goes on the top right of a source card?
Source number
Why are transition sentences important in writing? Where should they go?
To guide the reader from idea to idea. They should go in between bits of research and at the end of every body paragraph.
I
Interpret
What's wrong with this sentence?:
The impacts that Ellen Degeneres has had on the LGBTQ+ community are crazy, so she deserves this recognition.
Crazy
What would the parenthetical citation be for the following?:
Marian, Victoria, and James Bartolotti. “Bilinguals’ Existing Languages Benefit Vocabulary Learning in a Third Language.” Language Learning, vol. 67, no. 1, 2016, pp. 110-140. Wiley Online Library, doi.org/10.1111/lang.12200.
"..." (Marian and Bartolotti).
What goes on the top right of a note card?
Source number
What makes an open-ended question open-ended?
Can be answered in multiple ways.
No yes/no.
More than one possible answer.
T
Transition/Termination
What's wrong with this sentence?:
Steve Jobs was wicked smart, so it is no wonder he made so much money.
Wicked
What would the parenthetical citation be for the following?:
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.
"..." (Wysocki, et al.).
What goes on the bottom right of a note card?
What is expository writing?
It is intended to explain or describe information; presents information.