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Where is the error?
Semicolons and colons
Plagiarism, etc!
Japanese Language Questions
Wild Cards
100
Before pioneers cleared the land for farms, cities, and road, forests covered about 40 percent of what is now the state of Illinois.
road => roads reasons: parallel structure plural
100
Where does the colon go? "After finishing yesterday's class, Jim was tired he had been working all day and night on the homework."
After finishing yesterday's class, Jim was tired: he had been working all day and night on the homework.
100
What is Plagiarism? (Choose which ones apply) 1) Stealing, theft 2) Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote 3) Borrowing an original idea and presenting it as a new idea 4) An act of fraud 5) Using material without crediting the sources 6) Citing a source incorrectly 7) Translating others’ written work into another language without citation 8) Unethical behavior
All of the above!
100
How do you say "horse" in Japanese?
Uma 馬
100
How do you spell Eric's last name?
Autrey.
200
The sea chantey, a type of folk music, not only described the pleasures of stations' lives ashore, also but the harsh conditions of life aboard ship.
also but => but also reason: "not only...but also"
200
"The audience cheered for the winning basketball team the Portland TrailBlazers." This sentence needs either a semicolon or a comma: Which one and where?
Insert a comma after "team" The audience cheered for the winning basketball team, the Portland TrailBlazers.
200
Is it acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it?
No, that is incomplete citation.
200
How do you say, "I can eat" in Japanese
taberareru taberu koto ga dekiru
200
If four kittens can catch four mice in four minutes... ...how many mice can twelve kittens catch in twelve minutes?
36 Four kittens can catch four mice in four minutes, so one kitten can catch one mouse in four minutes, so one kitten can catch three mice in twelve minutes, so twelve kittens can catch 36 mice in twelve minutes.
300
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota has a heads of four presidents of the United States carved into its face.
a => the reason: "a" only goes with singular nouns
300
"Please go and get some bread, milk, butter, and cheese from the corner shop, lamb and beef from the market, and onions from your uncle's store." Two of these commas should be semicolons. Which ones?
Please go and get some bread, milk, butter, and cheese from the corner shop; lamb and beef from the market; and onions from your uncle's store.
300
Paraphrasing properly is to: 1) Change a few words to make it your own and cite it 2) Put quotation marks around the text and cite it 3) Use only the idea without citing it 4) Summarize the text in your own words and cite it
#4! Summarize the text in your own words and cite it!
300
How do you write "nihongo" in Kanji?
日本語
300
In what decade was TIU founded? 2x Bonus for exact year.
1960s. (1965)
400
Nest building is much less commonly among mammals than among birds.
commonly => common reason: requires comparative adjective form
400
Does this sentence need a semicolon or colon? If so, where? "I have a lot of food in the fridge apples, oranges, and pizzas."
I have a lot of food in the fridge: apples, oranges, and pizzas.
400
True or False: A source doesn’t need to be cited if it’s collaboratively written on the web like Wikipedia.
False. Cite anything taken from somewhere else!
400
What is the approximate translation of "今朝資料を拝見しました" (Kesa shiryou o haiken shimashita)?
"I have looked at the documents this morning."
400
What is Kevin's favorite basketball team? (Hint: the name of the team is somewhere in this game).
Portland Trail Blazers.
500
The Awakening, a novel by Kate Chopin, shocked readers and cause a storm of criticism.
cause => caused reason: parallel structure (simple past tense)
500
Semicolon? Colon? No changes? "His varied taste is show by his living room furnishings, including antiques, modern art, and art deco lighting fixtures."
No changes. No colons or semicolons. Not after 'for example, especially, or including'
500
Yes or No Is it necessary to cite information that is common knowledge or widely accessible, like historical information or popular scientific information, e.g. 70% of the earth is covered in water?
No! Common knowledge does not need to be cited because it has no single original source.
500
How many strokes are in the "taito" kanji?
84 (closest answer wins)
500
What is the name of a family from the hit HBO series "Game of Thrones"?
Lannisters, Starks, Targaryens, etc.