Fragments & Run-ons, Critical Reading
A fragment.
What is an incomplete sentence. It may lack a subject, a verb, or fail to express a complete thought.
The purpose of a summary.
What is to provide readers with a condensed overview of the important parts of a larger text.
A thesis statement.
What is a statement that outlines the main message of your entire essay. May also include the 3 main arguments that will be used to support the message.
The structure of an introduction paragraph.
What is general to specific. Upside-down triangle. Starts with a hook, outlines general information on the topic, ends with a thesis statement.
The purpose of citing.
What is to give credit when an idea is not your own. To avoid plagiarism. To allow readers to refer to the original resource where the information was found.
A run-on sentence.
What is a sentence that either joins two complete sentences without any punctuation or with a comma splice.
A good summary does these things.
What is identifies the source, provides a concise overview, only points out the main points, is in your own words, is free of personal opinion.
A thesis statement must be these things.
Concise and specific.
Structure of a body paragraph.
What is starts with a topic sentence, has 2-3 supporting examples or evidence, ends with a summary / concluding statement.
(Williamson et al., 2019)
What is an in-text citation format has the authors last name and year it was published. When there are 3 or more authors, et al. is used. When author name is not available, the source title is used. When the date is not available n.d. is used.
Was very interesting.
What is a fragment.
The difference between summarizing and paraphrasing.
What is paraphrasing does not need to be shorter than the original text. Paraphrasing covers every piece of information in a passage rather than the main points in a large text.
A thesis statement is located here.
What is at the end of the introduction paragraph.
Conclusion paragraph structure.
What is a triangle. Starts with specific information and then gets more general. Starts with thesis in different words, reviews the main supporting points, ends with statements that leave the reader thinking.
A reference list is a list of..
What is all the sources you consulted when writing.
It was snowing, the road to the cabin was blocked.
What is a run-on sentence comma splice.
A summary should also state your opinion on the topic.
What is false.
3 main phases of an essay.
1. Prewriting 2. Drafting 3. Editing
A benefit of using the George Brown LLC for research.
What is access to credible sources you may not have had access to otherwise. Can refine your search. Can have citations emailed to you in the correct format.
The 4 main elements of a full APA 7 citation in a reference list.
What is author, date, title and source.
3 types of connections.
What is 1. Text to Text 2. Text to World 3. Text to Self
You can copy and paste parts of the larger text in your summary.
What is false.
A thesis statement should be fact.
What is false. A thesis statement must be arguable / debatable.
.org
domain name suffix for non-profit organizations.
1. Starts on a new page. 2. Titled references. This is bolded and centred. 3. Each reference starts with a hanging indent. 4. Is double spaced. 5. Is in alphabetical order.