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Evaluating Web Sites
Primary or Secondary Sources
MLA Formatting
Introduction or Conclusion
Characteristics of a Strong Paper
100
This URL ending makes it clear that the website is NOT an ideal source because it may contain bias.
What is .com? or What is .net?
100
This kind of source is useful for providing firsthand accounts of events.
What is a primary source?
100
This list can be found at the end of a research paper.
What is a works cited page?
100
This attention grabbing statement is the first sentence in a good introduction.
What is a hook?
100
This action helps you to avoid silly mistakes and should happen both as you write and at the end of the writing process.
What is revision/editing?
200
This helps you determine if the site is up-to-date.
What is the copyright?
200
This source is useful for getting an overview of a topic, with information from many places.
What is a secondary source?
200
The intentional or unintentional utilization of another's words or ideas without giving credit to the source.
What is plagiarism?
200
Perhaps the most important sentence of an argumentative paper, this can be found at the end of the introduction paragraph.
What is the thesis statement?
200
These can be found at the beginning of all body paragraphs and state the main idea of these paragraphs.
What is a topic sentence?
300
These sites tend to have mission statements and should be closely examined for evidence of bias.
What is .org?
300
These include having a limited perspective that may be biased.
What are the disadvantages of a primary source?
300
The order of a works cited list, according to MLA guidelines.
What is alphabetical?
300
This paragraph's purpose is to sum up all major points.
What is the conclusion?
300
These transition the reader from your previous thought and let the reader know important citation information.
What is a quote lead?
400
This type of language indicates that the source is unreliable and should not be used.
What is propaganda or loaded language?
400
Examples include biographies, textbooks, encyclopedias, third-person newspaper and magazine articles.
What is a secondary source?
400
A reference, found after a quoted, summarized, or paraphrased section, which directs the reader to a specific works cited entry, as seen here: (Lee 20).
What is a parenthetical citation?
400
This sentence would most likely be found in what paragraph? Final exams are not a valid tool for examining student achievement because they use generic questions which fail to assess multiple methods of learning.
What is the introduction?
400
These can be found at the beginning of paragraphs and help the reader move from one idea to the next.
What are transition words/phrases?
500
This is a good choice for a source if you do not have access to the internet.
What is encyclopedia (or other, per teacher discretion)?
500
Daily Double: The excerpt from President Washington's farewell address, "I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat, in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow Citizens, the benign influence of good Laws under a free Government--the ever favourite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labours and dangers" is an example of this.
What is a primary source?
500
If you are not using a parenthetical citation, be sure to include this information in the quote lead.
What is the author's name and/or title of the article?
500
Daily Double: In which paragraph would this sentence most likely fit? "Based on the evidence presented, it is clear that the practice of giving final exams should be eliminated."
What is the conclusion?
500
This is what a formal paper should be based on.
What is research?