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MLA
APA
Chicago
Formatting Faux Pas
Objectivity and Clarity
100
The error in the header
What is incorrect date format? (MLA is day date year.)
100
Error with the header (with the page number.)
What is missing "running head"?
100
Error on the cover page
What is page number on the cover page?
100
The error with the header (where the page number is.)
What is incorrect font?
100
The sentence with an error of "show, don't tell."
What is the second to the last sentence of paragraph one?
200
The error with the in-text quote in paragraph 1
What is a misplaced period?
200
cover page error
What is course number?
200
Error in the first paragraph
What is incorrect citation? Chicago uses footnotes instead of in-text citation.
200
The error with the title
What is using the assignment as a title?
200
All of the following are qualities of objective writing except: specificity intensifiers fairness
What are intensifiers?
300
The error in the Works Cited heading
What is misspelling?
300
Error with the title
What is large font?
300
Error in the footnotes on page 2
What is too much information? Just use ibid for a repeated footnote.
300
Error with the hook
What is using a cliche hook?
300
Make this sentence more objective: “In this essay I will examine how gender and ethnicity factors affect buying behaviors.”
What is (two possible answers.) “Careful examination of gender and ethnicity factors shows how these affect buying behavior.” “Gender and ethnicity factors affect buying behaviors by…”
400
The error in the Works Cited page organization
What is the wrong order?
400
Error in the in-text citation (Daily double)
What is missing year?
400
Using all caps in a word for emphasis is acceptable in Chicago: Always Usually Rarely Sometimes Never
What is rarely? "Next to never."
400
Error with the last sentence in paragraph 1
What is a dropped quote?
400
Pronoun reference means what noun a pronoun such as I, you, he or she refers back to. Where is the pronoun reference error in this sentence? The West Coast is a beautiful area of the country, but I have a real fear of earthquakes. They claim that the next big quake might dump half of California into the Pacific Ocean.
What is they?
500
The error with the second paragraph
What is underlined book title?
500
Error on the last page
What is incorrect title? (References)
500
Error in the long quote
What is double-spaced?
500
Very small, almost unnoticeable formatting faux pas
What is added spacing?
500
Which word is a good choice for an academic setting as opposed to the others on the list: people today suggest we
What is suggest? People is vague and often leads to hasty generalizations. Today is not specific to your reader. We includes your reader in a group that they have not joined, but suggest is often a good academic word because it gives the reader more information about the action.