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Citing
Thesis and subtopics
Style
Paragraphs
Articles
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If you are directly quoting and have introduce the quote with a signal phrase, this is the place in the sentence where you put the year of the source material.
What is at the beginning of the sentence
100
A single sentence that is found at the end of an Intro paragraph and provides a detailed, specific focus for the entire paper
What is the thesis statement
100
A word (or words) that needs to be avoided when writing at the college level and in academic style because it is too personal
What is the word "you" or the word "I"
100
The first sentence in a paragraph, it indicates in very clear, plain and simple terms what the content of the following paragraph will be
What is a topic sentence
100
The authors of the reading in Chapter 12 that discusses the Eight Principles of how to spend money.
Who is Dunn, Gilbert, and Wilson
200
The way to cite when there is no year
What is citing by author, n.d.
200
The three essential components of any thesis statement
What is topic + purpose + supporting ideas
200
Contractions (can't, don't, shouldn't, won't, etc) Slang or conversational language Exclamation points!!!!!!! Personal examples
What are things that need to be avoided when writing a formal paper
200
The average amount of sentences that a paragraph should be
What is five to seven
200
This also explains about categories of defect related to happiness such as "the 'happy' idiot, the incompetent bottle cap collector, the deluded fool, the successful immoralist, and the impossible idealist."
Who is McFall
300
The way that a directly quoted citation from a book should look using the following information: Author: Keegan Polar Year published: 1996 Quoted from page: 6
What is (Polar, 1996, p. 6)
300
There are three main ideas that continue to arise in the discussion that is currently occurring with regard to technology and they are about addiction, the way that social relationships are affected, and multitasking. Acceptable or not? WHY? Double points: Why?
What is an unacceptable thesis for explanatory synthesis
300
Double Spaced ONE INCH margins Heading with Running head: TITLE IN UPPERCASE on first page Title, name, and Post University centered on first page Page numbers flush right in the header.
What is APA format
300
The part of the topic sentence that keeps reminding your reader what the purpose of the paper is
What is thesis/focus
300
Using a one sentence quote from "In Pursuit of Happiness" (p 413), use a signal phrase to introduce the quote and correct in-text citation.
What is (answers will vary) Smith (2003) states, "......." (p. 3).
400
Noun and verb that introduces to the reader that you are about to present someone else's ideas--it signals that you are about to quote, paraphrase or summarize
What is a signal phrase
400
IS THIS AN ACCEPTABLE THESIS? WHY? The articles continue to discuss several ideas pertaining to the way we are being affected by technology in harmful ways, including the fact that we are becoming addicted to technology, we are potentially overloading our brains by using too much technology, and we are failing to engage in meaningful social interactions because of our use of technology.
What is an acceptable thesis for explanatory synthesis?
400
The way to format the title of an article
What is in quotes
400
One of the main components of a topic sentence, THIS makes a connection between what you are about to say in a paragraph to what you have said before in the paper and/or to the thesis. It lets the reader know when you are moving on to a new idea. GIVE AN EXAMPLE
What is a transition/linking phrase
400
Read through Jane Kenyon's "Happiness" poem on page 459. What two major comparisons to happiness is she making?
What is happiness to the prodigal son and happiness to an unknown uncle
500
A quoted sentence that stands alone.
What is a freestanding quotation.
500
One of the ideas that continues to arise in the conversation about happiness is the definition. Adequate or Inadequate Topic Sentence? Why?
What is an inadequate topic sentence
500
Article Title: More Information than You Ever Wanted: Does Facebook Bring Out the Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy? Authors:Amy Muise, M.Sc., Emily Christofides, M.Sc., and Serge Desmarais, Ph.D. Source: CYBERPSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR Volume 12, Number 4, 2009, pages 441-444 How does this need to be formatted for the reference?
What is Muise, A., Christofides, E., & Desmarais, S. (2009). More information than you ever wanted: Does facebook bring out the green-eyed monster of jealousy? Cyberpsychology & Behavior. 12(4), 441-444.
500
These paragraphs will explain, in your own words, the subtopic you'll be discussing. They need to occur before you move into synthesizing and discussing the sources.
What are the supporting body paragraphs
500
Using "In Pursuit of Happiness" on page 413, what does John Stuart Mill quote about happiness?
What is "Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so."