ENGL Midterm – Flashcards
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a highlight of the main points made by an author in an article, a book, or other relevant source. You can summarize an article or book in its entirety, or a shorter section when appropriate.
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Summarizing a source is
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You furnish your audience with a means of finding your source material and you demonstrate that you have conducted sound research
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What are the advantages of writing a paper using sources and avoiding plagiarism?
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Using the author's exact words, enclosed with quotation marks.
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Quoting a source is:
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logos, ethos, pathos
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The three rhetorical appeals are:
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Consider your audience
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What is the best way to determine which appeal to use when writing an essay?
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clustering
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In _______, you use lines, boxes, arrows, and circles to show relationships among the ideas and details that occur to you.
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scratch outline
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In a _______, you think carefully about the point you are making, the supporting items for that point, and the order in which you will arrange those ideas
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The stage in the writing process that involves checking for mistakes in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling is known as _______.
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editing
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the computer
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The revision stage of writing is more easily facilitated by use of ________________.
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you have a main idea and supporting points,your sentences are cohesive, to balance your source material and your own ideas.
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To revise the content of your paragraph, you should make sure _______.
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rewrite a paragraph or paper, building upon what has already been done in order to make it stronger.
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revising
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Introduction, body, conclusion
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What are the three basic parts of a traditional essay?
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In planning an essay, one effective way to limit your topic is to _____
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clustering
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is limited but not too narrow
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A good thesis statement______________.
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tell a brief story, explain the importance of the topic, begin with a broad statement and narrow it
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In an introduction, a writer can _____.
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chronological order
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An essay that presents details in the order in which they occurred is based on _____.
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Furthermore
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is a transition word that indicates emphatic order.
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In paragraphs, _____ and other connective devices are used to help link sentences.
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transitions
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3
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A good essay should have at least _____ supporting points, developed in three separate paragraphs.
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specific and adequate
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The details in an essay must be both___________.
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implicit, explicit
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Though a(n) __________ argument can be creative and interesting, a(n) __________ argument should be used when composing a formal paper.
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change the meaning of a sentence, be distracting, lessen a writer's credibility
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Poor grammar and sentence skills can _____.
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demonstrate sentence skills
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If your writing is clear, spelled accurately, and uses correct grammar, it will _____
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that you have researched, that you know something about, hat interests you
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Whenever possible, write on a subject _____.
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unacceptable
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It is ________ to shift verb tenses and point of view frequently in an essay.
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narration
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In an essay that emphasizes_____, a writer tells a story that illustrates or explains some point.
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inform
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If you write to _____ an audience, you provide factual material about a subject.
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description
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A vacation brochure is an example of a piece of writing that emphasizes _____.
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In an essay that emphasizes_____, readers are given a picture in words using sharp, colorful details that appeal to their senses.
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descriptive
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Stories and vignettes are examples of writing that emphasizes _____.
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narration
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have coherence
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If you organize and connect specific evidence, your writing will _____.
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typos
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When you revise sentences to ensure that they flow freely and smoothly, you check for all of these except ___
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subject
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If you are researching a topic, then you should search by _____.
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last name
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When the author's name is provided in parentheses for a citation, the _______should be given.
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plan your paper and take notes on your limited topic
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The fourth step in writing a research paper is to _
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gather information on your limited topic
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The third step in writing a research paper is to________.
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ellipses
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If you omit words from a direct quotation, you should use _______.
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summary, direct quote, paraphrase
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The notes that you take when researching should be in the form of _______.
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using someone else's work as your own, whether you borrow a single idea, a sentence, or an entire essay and fail to document that information
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plagiarizing
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you have a clearly stated thesis with dominant impression
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your paper will have UNITY if
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you support the point with SPECIFIC DETAILS that appeal to a variety of senses
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your paper will have SUPPORT if
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you organize and connect the specific evidence, use transitions, provide a conclusion with final thoughts and a summary
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your paper will have COHERENCE if
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you write clear, error-free sentences, maintain a consistent point of view, use specific words vs general, use conciseness, vary sentence structure
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your paper will demonstrate SENTENCE SKILLS if
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unity, support, coherence, sentence skills
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the four bases for revising
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1.begin with a point/thesis 2.support the thesis with specific evidence 3.organize & connect the specific evidence 4.write clear, error-free sentences
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The four steps in essay writing
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1. select a topic you can readily research 2. Limit your topic and make the purpose of your essay clear 3. Gather information on your limited topic 4. plan your paper and take notes on your limited topic 5. write the paper 6. use an acceptable format and method of documentation
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6 steps of writing a research paper
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exactly
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A direct quotation must be written _______ as it appears in the original work and cited.
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correctly acknowledge your source
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If you use another person's material in your writing you must
