Writing with Credible Sources

Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller. When we arrived in Baltimore, Dr. Chisholm received us kindly: but he could do nothing. He said, however, that I could be educated, and advised my father to consult Dr. Alexander Graham Bell of Washington, who would be able to give him information about schools and teachers of deaf or blind children. Acting on the doctor's advice, we went immediately to Washington to see Dr. Bell, my father with a sad heart and many misgivings, I wholly unconscious of his anguish, finding pleasure in the excitement of moving from place to place. Child as I was, I at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared Dr. Bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration. He held me on his knee while I examined his watch, and he made it strike for me. He understood my signs, and I knew it and loved him at once. But I did not dream that that interview would be the door through which I should pass from darkness into light, from isolation to friendship, companionship, knowledge, love.

A summary should include

To determine if information from an article published on a .org site is credible, it would be most helpful to

A student is writing a research paper about drunk driving in the United States. Which piece of information is objective?

Which source has the best credibility for a research paper about the Battle of Gettysburg?

Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller. Meanwhile the desire to express myself grew. The few signs I used became less and less adequate, and my failures to make myself understood were invariably followed by outbursts of passion. I felt as if invisible hands were holding me, and I made frantic efforts to free myself. I struggled—not that struggling helped matters, but the spirit of resistance was strong within me; I generally broke down in tears and physical exhaustion. If my mother happened to be near I crept into her arms, too miserable even to remember the cause of the tempest. After awhile the need of some means of communication became so urgent that these outbursts occurred daily, sometimes hourly. My parents were deeply grieved and perplexed. We lived a long way from any school for the blind or the deaf, and it seemed unlikely that any one would come to such an out-of-the-way place as Tuscumbia to teach a child who was both deaf and blind. Indeed, my friends and relatives sometimes doubted whether I could be taught. My mother's only ray of hope came from Dickens's \"American Notes.\" She had read his account of Laura Bridgman, and remembered vaguely that she was deaf and blind, yet had been educated. But she also remembered with a hopeless pang that Dr. Howe, who had discovered the way to teach the deaf and blind, had been dead many years. His methods had probably died with him; and if they had not, how was a little girl in a far-off town in Alabama to receive the benefit of them? Which answer choice is the best summary of the excerpt?

To cite a source of information means to

Read the paragraph. Amber wants to use a quote from an article called \"Reading and Writing in College.\" The source is a website, www.collegewriting.edu. There is no known author or page number. Which is the correct internal citation?

Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller. One day, while I was playing with my new doll, Miss Sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled \"d-o-l-l\" and tried to make me understand that \"d-o-l-l\" applied to both. Earlier in the day we had had a tussle over the words \"m-u-g\" and \"w-a-t-e-r.\" Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that \"m-u-g\" is mug and that \"w-a-t-e-r\" is water, but I persisted in confounding the two. In despair she had dropped the subject for the time, only to renew it at the first opportunity. I became impatient at her repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll, I dashed it upon the floor. I was keenly delighted when I felt the fragments of the broken doll at my feet. Neither sorrow nor regret followed my passionate outburst. I had not loved the doll. In the still, dark world in which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness. I felt my teacher sweep the fragments to one side of the hearth, and I had a sense of satisfaction that the cause of my discomfort was removed. Which detail from the excerpt is a minor detail that is not necessary in a summary of the excerpt?

Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller. We walked down the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under the spout. As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten—a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that \"w-a-t-e-r\" meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away. Which line from the excerpt is an important detail that would be included in a summary of the excerpt?

Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller. My aunt made me a big doll out of towels. It was the most comical shapeless thing, this improvised doll, with no nose, mouth, ears or eyes—nothing that even the imagination of a child could convert into a face. Curiously enough, the absence of eyes struck me more than all the other defects put together. I pointed this out to everybody with provoking persistency, but no one seemed equal to the task of providing the doll with eyes. A bright idea, however, shot into my mind, and the problem was solved. I tumbled off the seat and searched under it until I found my aunt's cape, which was trimmed with large beads. I pulled two beads off and indicated to her that I wanted her to sew them on my doll. She raised my hand to her eyes in a questioning way, and I nodded energetically. The beads were sewed in the right place and I could not contain myself for joy; but immediately I lost all interest in the doll. Which line from the excerpt is an important detail that would be included in a summary of the excerpt?

Before using a source of information, you must first

Read the information published on a .com website. The human body needs vitamins to stay healthy. People often do not get enough vitamins in their diet, so they need to take vitamin supplements. Our vitamin supplements are the best supplements on the market. If you want to stay healthy, you should buy MegaPlus vitamins Which statement best reflects the credibility of the source of the information?

Read the following paragraph. Manny is writing a paper about whether violence in video games makes kids more violent. He found a news article about violence in video games on a national news organization's .com website. The article seemed to be objective and the news organization is well known. On the website, readers are allowed to post comments about the article. One reader posted a comment with a lot of information that she claimed proved that violent video games do not make kids more violent. Manny thinks that the information in this reader's comment might be helpful in his paper. Which statement is the best evaluation of the reader's comment as a source of information?

Which answer choice is an example of a full citation?

Which quotation from Helen Keller's Story of My Life has correct internal citation?

Read the paragraph. Alisha is writing a research paper about the effects of driving cars on the environment. She found statistics about cars and air pollution from a group called Save the Planet on its website www.savetheplanet.org. In addition to the information about air pollution, Alisha also saw statements such as \"Save the planet, ride a bike\" and \"Mother Nature wants you to carpool.\" Which statement is the best evaluation of the website's credibility?

Read the excerpt from Story of My Life by Helen Keller. The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a doll. The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent it and Laura Bridgman had dressed it; but I did not know this until afterward. When I had played with it a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word \"d-o-l-l.\" I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it. When I finally succeeded in making the letters correctly I was flushed with childish pleasure and pride. Running downstairs to my mother I held up my hand and made the letters for doll. I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed; I was simply making my fingers go in monkey-like imitation. In the days that followed I learned to spell in this uncomprehending way a great many words, among them pin, hat, cup and a few verbs like sit, stand and walk. But my teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything has a name. Which detail from the excerpt is a minor detail that is not necessary in a summary?