Grammar and Mechanics
A comma splice is an error in which two sentences are incorrectly joined by a comma. Name two ways to correct the error.
What are use a period or semi-colon. Or add a conjunction.
Name three liberal arts courses you took at UW Oshkosh.
What is creativity?
The ability to produce something novel and useful in response to an open-ended task.
Why is Google a terrible choice as a search engine for academic research?
Contains everything, including tons of incorrect information, conspiracy theories, and useless junk.
What are three parts of good introduction for a research-based essay?
Hook, Context, Thesis.
In MLA parenthetical style following a short, direct quotation, the final period appears in what position?
What is after the final parenthesis.
General Education programs such as UW Oshkosh's typically group coursework into three broad areas. One of them is Knowledge. What are the other two?
Skills and Attitudes.
Convergent creativity is the ability to find a single correct answer; divergent creativity is the ability to find multiple unique options in response to an open-ended task.
Why is Google Scholar a better choice?
It includes primarily peer-reviewed research.
When should you quote a source directly rather than summarizing or paraphrasing it?
When the source says "it" so perfectly, or so beautifully, there is no way to put it in your own words.
Name the stylistic problem with this sentence and correct it: The boy was bit by the dog.
Passive Voice. The dog bit the boy.
According to the data we examined in class, the average student graduating with a four-year college degree with earn approximately how much more money over a lifetime than the average high school graduate?
About a million dollars (for men) and somewhat less for women.
According to Adam Grant, what is the difference between conceptual and experimental innovators?
Conceptual innovators are young guns who disrupt the paradigm early in their careers; they are the sprinters of the creative world. Experimental innovators are tortoises (figuratively speaking); they take their time, create by trial and error.
What does it mean for research to be "peer-reviewed?"
It means other scholars in the field/discipline ("peers") have reviewed the paper to ensure that it meets the rigorous standards for research in that field. If there are problems in any area, the paper will be rejected by the journal or the editors will ask for revisions.
What is a "quotation sandwich?"
When you introduce a source and scholar; quote (or paraphrase or summarize) the source; and then discuss/rephrase the source and its importance in your own words.
Name the problem with the following sentence and correct the error: Exceptionally strong writers understand the importance of rewriting, proofreading, and use a friend to help to edit the essay.
Clauses in the sentence are not parallel. Rewrite the end to say "rewriting, proofreading, and editing."
According to David Foster Wallace's commencement address, what is the "no bullshit" value of a liberal arts education?
You get to choose what to "worship," and you can control what you think about, rather than opting for the mindlessness and selfishness of the "default" position.
Tina Seelig's "Innovation Engine" contains a mobius strip of six elements, three individual elements and three focused on the environment. Name one from each.
Individual: knowledge; imagination; attitude.
Environment: culture; habitat; resources.
What is the difference between an annotated bibliography and a literature review?
Annotated bibliographies are bibliographies with brief abstracts (usually summative) following each entry; a literature review is an essay in which the sources are grouped and not only summarized by also analyzed and evaluated in a careful synthesis of the information.
What are the three requirements of every body paragraph in an expository essay?
Paragraphs need to be unified, coherent, and developed.
Correct all of the punctuation errors in this sentence:
Its important for the essay to respect it's readers by using punctuation correctly, apostrophe's can be particularly problematic.
It's important for the essay to respect its readers by using punctuation correctly. Apostrophes can be particularly problematic.
According to Robert Atkinson, the primary problem with liberal arts education in America is that faculty teach _______________ instead of teaching _____________.
Their subject area . . . . skills.
Adam Grant's research notes that extensive experience in a single domain is often a double-edged sword when it comes to innovation. Why?
Because the most creative innovators have both depth of experience in their chosen domain AND a breadth of experience outside of it as well (hence his chart showing Nobel-Prize winning scientists were substantially more likely to have experience in the various arts than non-prize winning scientists).
When doing database research on a given topic, why is it important to explore multiple, disciplinary databases rather than one more general database, such as Academic Search Complete?
What are the requirements of a strong, argumentative thesis statement?
A thesis statement is the conclusion an essay will reach that is stated up front; an good argumentative thesis hold the possibility of being wrong--the essay must marshal strong evidence in support of the thesis to prove it.