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Persuasive Writing
Plagiarism
Paraphrasing
& Quoting
General APA Format
Odds and Ends
100
What is persuasive writing?
Writing that tries to convince the audience to agree with you or take specific action
100
What is plagiarism?
Using someone else's work without giving them credit
100
How is paraphrasing different from summarizing?
Summarizing condenses the original material, whereas paraphrasing just changes the wording
100
What font and type size should your paper be in?
Times New Roman 12
100
Give three examples of prepositions
Over, under, before, after, between, among, beside...
200
What are the three main persuasive strategies we discussed? (Think tripod)
Logos, pathos, and ethos
200
Name three common reasons people plagiarize (other than intentional dishonesty)
Laziness, poor time management, carelessness, not understanding the rules
200
Why would you decide to quote, rather than paraphrase, a certain passage?
To analyze it, to give the reader a taste of the original tone, etc.
200
Is everything in your paper double spaced?
Yes! Even the title page and references are double spaced.
200
Name five of the seven coordinating conjunctions
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
300
What is a logical fallacy?
A logical mistake--think of the logic ref!
300
You really like the way another author has worded something, so you put quotation marks around it and cite it in your paper. Is it plagiarism?
Nope! You've clearly marked the quotation and acknowledged the source.
300
Fill in the blank: an ____________ paraphrase is a common form of plagiarism
Inadequate
300
What three lines of text, in order, go in the top half of your title page?
Paper title, name, institution
300
What are the three parts of a paragraph?
Topic sentence, supporting details, concluding sentence
400
What is a syllogism? You can give an example or the names of the three parts.
Major premise, minor premise, and conclusion
400
You find some graphs online and ask the author if you can use them. He/she says yes, so you put them in your paper. Is it plagiarism?
If you don't add a citation, yes!
400
What is the best way to make sure you're thoroughly transforming a source when paraphrasing?
Don't look at the original when you're trying to paraphrase! Read, understand, then look away when writing your own version!
400
What box must be checked BEFORE you start typing in your header in order to avoid disaster?
"Different first page"
400
Name two subordinating conjunctions
Because, although, since, if...
500
What is the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning? (Hint: The two concepts involved are specific cases and general rules)
Inductive: specific --> general; deductive: general --> specific
500
You take someone's ideas and thoroughly paraphrase them before adding them to your paper. Is it plagiarism?
If you don't add a citation, then yes!
500
Name at least three introductory tags you can use to start off a quote sandwich
According to; In X's words; As X writes; X says that; In her book, X explains ...
500
Come to the board and write out what the header looks like for the first and second pages of an APA-formatted paper.
See board
500
What are diction and syntax?
Diction = word choice; syntax = sentence structure