Thompson 1301 Quiz

Question 1

True or False: parenthetical citations go inside of quotation marks

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What is an antecedent?

Accepted Answer

The pronoun or noun that the pronoun replaces

Question 3

What does peer-reviewed mean in regards to research?

Accepted Answer

Research reviewed by experts in the field

Question 4

What is another title for the “thought map” style of prewriting?

Accepted Answer

Clustering

Question 5

True or False: commas should be included in a parenthetical citation

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What are the two parts of the thesis sentence?

Accepted Answer

The topic and angle

Question 7

What is a thesis sentence?

Accepted Answer

The focus of your essay that shows your main idea

Question 8

What should you look for in stage two of revision?

Accepted Answer

Thesis sentence, topic sentences, and idea development

Question 9

What does it mean to paraphrase?

Accepted Answer

To restate ideas from a source using your own words and sentence structure

Question 10

What should you add to your intext citation if there are more than three authors?

Accepted Answer

et al.

Question 11

Composition refers to composing, including, but not limited to, writing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What does “flow” describe?

Accepted Answer

How an essay moves from point to point

Question 13

What type of spacing do you use for essays?

Accepted Answer

Double (2)

Question 14

How should you write the date in MLA format?

Accepted Answer

Day month year

Question 15

What is the purpose of a citation?

Accepted Answer

To properly credit your sources and avoid plagiarism

Question 16

Identify the unsuitable source

Accepted Answer

A list-icle

Question 17

What does it mean to summarize?

Accepted Answer

To condense and restate the main point in your own words

Question 18

What is the purpose of research?

Accepted Answer

To explore, discover, and investigate

Question 19

Which of the following should not go in a resume?

Accepted Answer

Your current bank account balance

Question 20

"Who" is used as the subject of a sentence

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

When should a semicolon be used?

Accepted Answer

To join two independent clauses linked by a transition

Question 22

What should you look for in the final stage of revision?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 23

What type of font should you use for your essays?

Accepted Answer

Times New Roman

Question 24

What does MLA style specify?

Accepted Answer

Guidelines for formatting

Question 25

True or False: parenthetical citations come at the end of your cited material.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

True or false: Works cited should be alphabetized

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Where should the title of the paper be located?

Accepted Answer

Middle of the top of the first page

Question 28

When do you NOT need to include an in-text citation?

Accepted Answer

When it's your own ideas and writing

Question 29

True or False: end punctuation goes outside of a parenthetical citation

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

"Who" is the objective pronoun case

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

What is the first stage of the plot arc, used in the narrative paper to set up background information, called?

Accepted Answer

The exposition

Question 32

How many parts of plot are there, as used in the narrative paper?

Accepted Answer

Five

Question 33

What is the purpose of revision?

Accepted Answer

To examine your essay with a reader's perspective

Question 34

What should you look for in stage one of revision?

Accepted Answer

Purpose and audience

Question 35

What is the purpose of a cover letter?

Accepted Answer

To introduce you and your resume to potential employers

Question 36

Which of these is not a way to fix a comma splice?

Accepted Answer

Add a conjunction before the comma

Question 37

What goes first in the heading (not the header)?

Accepted Answer

Your name

Question 38

Freewriting uses what type of writing?

Accepted Answer

Stream of consciousness

Question 39

What are transitions?

Accepted Answer

Linking words that show the direction of thought

Question 40

How is a chronological essay structured?

Accepted Answer

In order of time

Question 41

How does a works cited page organize information?

Accepted Answer

By author's last names

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